Controlling and Resistance Strategies in Newsroom-The Case Study of PTS News Forum
Date Issued
2014
Date
2014
Author(s)
Chung, Hsin-Yi
Abstract
The Board of the Directors of PTS can’t intervene the daily production of News programs because of Public Television Act, but still has the authority of deciding the person for the General Manager. Due to the severe dispute of Board of the Directors in 2008-2010, Feng, the previous General Manager was replaced before the expiration of her term in office. In April 2011, not long from the inauguration of the successor, Kuang, the PTS News Forum encountered unexpected changes, from five to three episodes one week. The management team claimed the reduction of episodes due to the fail of the Multi-Indicators for Program Evaluation.
The developing of the Public Service Broadcasting are conducted in chapter two, involving “public sphere” and “organization management strategies”, with BBC role model. Besides, the theories used are controlling and resistance strategies in Newsroom, including institutionalized and non-institutionalized ones.
This thesis takes PTS News Forum as study case, and the researcher was one of the team members. The methods used are Participant Observation, Ground Theory Method and Interview survey.
The controlling types of PTS News Forum team members include institutionalized and non-institutionalized ones. Due to the vagueness of Program Evaluation, decisions from those in charged would be totally different. The team members don’t be allowed to participate in the program conferences. A well communication mechanism is clearly absent in PTS organization. The team members in daily production also avoid dealing with some sensitive issues as a result of self-censorship.
The members of PTS News Forum are under the institutionalized protection. They asked the successor General Manager subscribe Editorial statute granting autonomy to journalists which is based on Public Television Act. Besides, job rights of organized employees are protected because of PTS employment contract. However, atypical employees have non-stable working conditions. Some non-institutionalized strategies are also conducted to fight for autonomy in Newsroom in this case: stay away from the core power, strengthen connection with the society, and stick their posts as public forums.
Subjects
有話好說
公共電視
新聞論壇
控制
反抗策略
製播公約
編輯室公約
Type
thesis
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