How Swiss is Swiss television? Analysing structural and content references in SRG SSR television programmes
No Billag – in Switzerland, the debate about the necessity and financial viability of public broadcasting has been sparked anew. Closely linked are questions about the public value of the SRG SSR and how much of Switzerland is actually portrayed on Swiss television. Based on a secondary analysis of...
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description | No Billag – in Switzerland, the debate about the necessity and financial viability of public broadcasting has been sparked anew. Closely linked are questions about the public value of the SRG SSR and how much of Switzerland is actually portrayed on Swiss television. Based on a secondary analysis of the 2017 data set of the continuous Swiss content analysis study, this paper discusses the representation of Switzerland and the Swiss people in terms of representation in television programmes of the SRG SSR and in terms of media production. Results show that Switzerland plays an important role in informational genres (e. g., News), while in fictional content (e. g., series, movies) references to Switzerland are scarce. Additionally, fictional content broadcast by the SRG SSR is often produced by international production firms, with preferences for content from Switzerland’s next-door-giant neighbours. |
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spelling | doaj.art-930a6a76e8114096a51d51d75111b7712022-12-22T02:34:48ZdeuSeismo VerlagStudies in Communication Sciences1424-48962296-41502022-09-01222325344https://doi.org/10.24434/j.scoms.2022.02.004How Swiss is Swiss television? Analysing structural and content references in SRG SSR television programmesEva Spittka0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0842-6439Vivien Benert1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0035-8198Matthias Wagner2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3893-1057Stephanie Fiechtner3Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication StudiesFreie Universität Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication StudiesFreie Universität Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication StudiesUniversity of Fribourg, Department of Communication and Media Research DCMNo Billag – in Switzerland, the debate about the necessity and financial viability of public broadcasting has been sparked anew. Closely linked are questions about the public value of the SRG SSR and how much of Switzerland is actually portrayed on Swiss television. Based on a secondary analysis of the 2017 data set of the continuous Swiss content analysis study, this paper discusses the representation of Switzerland and the Swiss people in terms of representation in television programmes of the SRG SSR and in terms of media production. Results show that Switzerland plays an important role in informational genres (e. g., News), while in fictional content (e. g., series, movies) references to Switzerland are scarce. Additionally, fictional content broadcast by the SRG SSR is often produced by international production firms, with preferences for content from Switzerland’s next-door-giant neighbours.public valueservice publictelevisioncontent analysisswitzerlandsmall state |
spellingShingle | Eva Spittka Vivien Benert Matthias Wagner Stephanie Fiechtner How Swiss is Swiss television? Analysing structural and content references in SRG SSR television programmes Studies in Communication Sciences public value service public television content analysis switzerland small state |
title | How Swiss is Swiss television? Analysing structural and content references in SRG SSR television programmes |
title_full | How Swiss is Swiss television? Analysing structural and content references in SRG SSR television programmes |
title_fullStr | How Swiss is Swiss television? Analysing structural and content references in SRG SSR television programmes |
title_full_unstemmed | How Swiss is Swiss television? Analysing structural and content references in SRG SSR television programmes |
title_short | How Swiss is Swiss television? Analysing structural and content references in SRG SSR television programmes |
title_sort | how swiss is swiss television analysing structural and content references in srg ssr television programmes |
topic | public value service public television content analysis switzerland small state |
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