The Preliminary Study of the Television News Gathered via Hidden Cameras in Taiwan
Date Issued
2013
Date
2013
Author(s)
Liao, Shih-Shiang
Abstract
Reviewing the past 50-year development of television news in Taiwan, it became more rival because the number of channel increased from 3 to 21, which broadcasted evening news. To get higher rating, the channels applied “mini investigative news reporting,” developing the hidden-cameras gathering. This article discussed about the phenomena of news-gathering through hidden cameras, which the research were contributed form the three main methods: content analysis, in-depth interviewing, and textual analysis. Furthermore, it also analyzed the difference of hidden-cameras news among gathering methods, channels, and channel-catalogs; discussed the reason, situation, and difficulties in this kind of news.
The result shows that it about 3% hidden-cameras news, most of which are “Lives” or “Societies” news surrounding in our lives; it is ETTV and TVBS that broadcasting the most hidden-cameras news among channels, as the same in news channels among the catalogs. In addition, this news contained the properties with longer head, exclusive, and anonymous, considered the video effect as the main factor. Thus, the hidden-cameras gathering were pervasive as “Taiwan Style” in TV culture.
Finally, the investigation recommends that the journalists consider the necessity of using hidden-cameras and resist the needless situation; thus, it can not only put them in a right path for unveiling the ugly truth, but also show the "fourth estate" function to ameliorate the media environment in Taiwan.
Subjects
臺灣
電視新聞
偷拍採訪
獨家
內容分析
Type
thesis
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