TV news and social audience in Europe (EU5)

Social networks have altered how viewers watch television and consume information. This new context has obliged broadcasters to adapt their practices to reach viewers in all platforms. In this article, we focus on how the evening news programmes from the general-interest DTT channels in the five mai...

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Autores: Delgado, Matilde|||0000-0002-3071-5934, Lluís Gumiel, Pau|||0000-0002-4756-3578, Paz, Elisa|||0000-0001-7477-0858, Navarro, Celina|||0000-0002-3127-7358, García-Muñoz, Núria|||0000-0002-6169-8428
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:221780
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/221780
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.15847/obsOBS12420181317
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Social Audience
Television
Europe
Evening News
Second Screen
Twitter
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Sumario:Social networks have altered how viewers watch television and consume information. This new context has obliged broadcasters to adapt their practices to reach viewers in all platforms. In this article, we focus on how the evening news programmes from the general-interest DTT channels in the five main European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) appeal to their social audience. This concept, although ambiguous, refers to the activity of viewers on social networks in relation to the contents broadcast by the television industry in its multiple forms. We analyse both the screen strategies and their activity on their official Twitter accounts. Although the evening news is the anchor of the prime time and one of the main assets to instil the channels with prestige and influence, the conclusions point to a certain neglect of the social audience from the industry in these key programmes. But mostly, our research reveals how the specificities of the format and the nature of the content distinguish the evening news from other live TV shows