That is easy - all you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism ..."

Although Hermann Goering, Nazi Reichsmarschall, quoted this in the 1940’s he could easily have been making a reference for today’s TV news since TV news has a limited power in telling people want to think. Reality is not in any sense 'given', it is constructed. TV news does not reflect reality, it constructs reality. TV news constructs reality in many ways. The structure of the news bulletin itself is used to create the News’s reality. The newsworthiness of a story allows the news also to construct reality. Camera angles and strong language paints the news’s pictures in the mind of the viewer. By using these persuasive techniques such as these, journalists will structure reality, rather than record it. By the end of this speech, ladies and gentleman, you will be certain that TV does not represent reality, it constructs it.

A news bulletin is constructed to present the most shocking events first, aiming at a male audience. Therefore, news stories are structured to provide a point of narrative closure that re

News in contemporary western society has become a construction of reality. The news is supposed to be an informative, unbiased account detailing everything of importance that has occurred over the past 24 hours. You can see that the reporter constructs reality for those who weren’t present at the event. Unfortunately many reporters have two goals, namely to report the event and to create interest for varying reasons, such as ratings. The power of the media through reporters and editors to influence reality is considerable by using strong language and camera angles and also by constructing a male dominant bulletin with news value.

News uses camera angles to persuade viewers into believing the ideologies represented by the editors. News can use camera angles to portray someone’s guilt or innocence in a story. One example of this is the case of Shane Warne’s interesting sex life. The camera portrays Warne as a monster with nothing to say to the “trusting” media by presenting a series of mid shots with Warne’s back to the camera. In contrast to this, the young woman in the trial is portrayed as innocent, but she didn’t say anything to the media to verify this stance. Rather, the idea of the innocence is shown in the front-on mid shots of the woman, which reveal an open looking honest wide-aged face – in short an innocent victim. Such camera angles are a strong persuasive devices in structuring reality, and the TV news uses it to its potential.

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