The nature of the TV hinders communication quality by Carlos Cachán Alcolea

“…The current prevalence and influence of TV and its nature - ideology of live & direct transmission and spectacular events- hinder the development of communication quality in education, which should be based on accuracy and conceptual coldness, moving away as much as possible from the "pathos", to adhere strictly to the most important events, and to data and evidence. What contents TV transmits?: rich in visual capital and striking images; but poor in abstract ideas, which is what allows conceptualization, abstraction, and reflection: three essential requirements in education. …”
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Sentiment in TV Documentaries: An Interdisciplinary Approach by Sylvia Jaki, Tom De Smedt

“…This paper is an interdisciplinary focused study, combining insight and approaches from media studies, media linguistics, and computational linguistics. It examines to what extent TV documentaries from the fields of history and science/technology contain judgements, opinions, or emotions. …”
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TV listening and hearing aids. by Olaf Strelcyk, Gurjit Singh

“…The research investigated if and in what form TV listening experiences of unaided and aided HI individuals might differ with regard to their viewing habits, difficulties they experience, and compensation strategies they employ. 515 HI people of ages 50+ years participated, 260 of whom owned HAs. …”
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Issue Fatigue Over the Course of the Covid-19 Pandemic by Annemarie Wiedicke, Paula Stehr, Constanze Rossmann

“…Against this backdrop, we were interested in (1) whether people in Germany have experienced Covid-19 related issue fatigue over the course of the pandemic, (2) and if so, how Covid-19 information behaviour may have contributed to it, and (3) to what extent TV news coverage exhibits characteristics that are considered to contribute to recipients’ issue fatigue. …”
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