Portuguese Telenews and Foreign News Faculty of Political Science and Journalism Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań, Poland and 16 de Abril de 2009
Presentation Part 1 Brief Caracterization of Portuguese Television and Telenews Part 2 Foreign News International Poilitics News
Television in Portugal
Television in Portugal
Telenews in Portuguese Television Telenews Advertising Break
Investment in prime time telenews advertising break 700 600 500 thousand ds of Euros 400 300 200 RTP1 SIC TVI 100 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Sample Database 2002 Six weeks 2003 Two weeks 2004 Two weeks 2005 Two weeks Sample -Two weeks each year - Two Channels one public RTP one private TVI) 2006 Two weeks 2008 Four weeks -500 Telenews - 14000 News -168 Telenews - 5763 News
Topics of the news Internal politics Internal order Sports 18% 17% 20% International politics 14% Health, welfare and social services Accidents and disasters Economy Human Interest Business, commerce and Industry 8% 7% 7% 6%
Topics of the news 30% 2 Economy 20% Health, welfare and social services 1 International politics 10% Sports Internal order % 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 Internal politics
Topics of the news Internal politics 17% 22% Internal order 14% 21% Sports 16% 19% International politics 11% 18% Health/welfare/social services Accidents/disasters Economy Human Interest 4% 9% 8% 8% 7% 7% 7% 9% Business/commerce/Industry % 10% 1 20% 2
Topics of the news 3 30% 2 20% 1 10% % 1º's 15m 2º's 15m 3º's 15m 4º's 15m pós 60m Internal politics Internal order Sports International politics RTP (Public) 3 30% 2 20% 1 10% % TVI (Private) 1º's 15m 2º's 15m 3º's 15m 4º's 15m pós 60m
Topics of the news 3 30% 2 20% 1 10% % 1º's 15m 2º's 15m 3º's 15m 4º's 15m pós 60m RTP (Public) 3 30% 2 20% 1 10% % Internal politics Internal order Sports International politics Human Interest TVI (Private) 1º's 15m 2º's 15m 3º's 15m 4º's 15m pós 60m
Proximity of the news 2 6% 21% 20% 28% Lisbon Other locations National Foreign Non Identified
Foreign news: Scope 1436 News 3% 1% 17% 80% Local Regional Nacional Internacional
Foreign news: Country of location Country Iraq 14% Spain 11% United States 9% Region Italy 6% United Kingdom European Union 38% Germany Middle East 2 France 4% East Timor 4% NORTH AMERICA 10% Portuguese Language 9% Others Europe 7%
Foreign news: evolution 30% 2 20% 1 10% 0% 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 RTP (public) TVI (Private
Foreign news: Sequence in the telenews 2 20% 1 10% 0% 1º's 15m 2º's 15m 3º's 15m 4º's 15m pós 60m RTP (Public) TVI (Private)
Foreign news: Topics International politics 44% Sports 17% Internal order 16% Accidents/disasters 9% Internal politics 7% Human Interest 6% Economy
International politics news: Topics 818 News Wars between countries 33% International terrorism 29% Activities of international political organizations 16% Activities of individual politicians International tensions and disagreements Policy statements Diplomatic visits Diplomatic negotiations and agreements Activities of political parties Promises of aid or cooperation Other 9% 7% 6% 6% 4% 2% 1%
International politics news: Countrys Country Portugal 24% Iraq 21% United States Spain 6% 6% Palestine Belgium Italy 2% 4% 4% Region Israel 2% East Timor 2% Europe 23% Afghanistan 2% Russia 2% France 2% Middle East 32%
International politics news: Intervenients Foreign Head of State, senior minister or politician 16% 54% 46% Anonymous person 8% Minister 6% Prime minister With Intervenient No intervenient Parliamentary leaders, political party leader Editor, head of department 4% 4% Clearly identified "Man in the Street" opinion statement ("vox popoli") 3% Head of State (president, king) 3% Foreign government spokesperson 3% Member of parliament, regional political leaders 3%
International politics news: Significance e Deviance 3 30% 31% 39% 0 1 2 3 Number of deviant dimensions 2 24% 8% 4% 0 1 2 3 4 Number of significant dimensions
Conclusions Portuguese Telenews folows na economic infortainment model: -No logical sequence of news; - Commercial break very profit - News and telenews to long
Conclusions Sigificative presence of foreign news, more significant in public channel: - 10 items per telenew in public - 7 items per telenew in private
Conclusions International politics news -Predominance of war between countrys and international terrorism; - Predominance intervenients are foreign politicians and common citizens.