Return of the Talking Heads
The present article suggests that the brief history of Western television news dramaturgy can be expounded as three major waves: from the early days of the talking heads in the studio, over the narrativization of the field report to a (re-)current studio- and field-based talking heads format. In ord...
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| description | The present article suggests that the brief history of Western television news dramaturgy can be expounded as three major waves: from the early days of the talking heads in the studio, over the narrativization of the field report to a (re-)current studio- and field-based talking heads format. In order to analyze the latest development entering the third wave, we propose a theoretically based dramaturgical model for the television news item. The analysis concludes that, with the current ‘return’ of the talking heads format, the pre-produced and pre-packaged bulletin program about past events is dissolving and transforming into an evaluative present- and future-oriented update format that resembles the 24-hour newsonly channels. Production time merges with broadcast time so that the uncertainty of live spreads to the dramaturgy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c6fd0bb0dcfe40a187741418c318aeec2023-09-02T22:16:43ZengSciendoNordicom Review2001-51192016-06-01371435610.1515/nor-2016-0008Return of the Talking HeadsHansen Kenneth Reinecke0Bro Peter1Andersson Ralf2Centre for Journalism, University of Southern DenmarkCentre for Journalism, University of Southern DenmarkJournalistic Lecturer, Centre for Journalism, University of Southern DenmarkThe present article suggests that the brief history of Western television news dramaturgy can be expounded as three major waves: from the early days of the talking heads in the studio, over the narrativization of the field report to a (re-)current studio- and field-based talking heads format. In order to analyze the latest development entering the third wave, we propose a theoretically based dramaturgical model for the television news item. The analysis concludes that, with the current ‘return’ of the talking heads format, the pre-produced and pre-packaged bulletin program about past events is dissolving and transforming into an evaluative present- and future-oriented update format that resembles the 24-hour newsonly channels. Production time merges with broadcast time so that the uncertainty of live spreads to the dramaturgy.https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2016-0008dramaturgylive interviewnarrativetelevision journalismtelevision news itemtelevision news report |
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| title | Return of the Talking Heads |
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