The purpose of this study is to inquire if there are dispositions of any type. of newscast carried by ABC News about Nigeria and if these newscasts are positively or negatively inclined. The analysis quantified and verified that while the broadcast content of ABC News presentations on Nigeria have been objectively covered, the newscasts have taken stereotypical patterns. This, thereby establishes the need for ABC News, being an example of American network news, to diversify and cover stories of social and human interest in Nigeria and other Third World countries. The study concludes that a true maxim of news coverage is needed as a guide to unbiased, unslanted or cliched news presentations.

The reality as we perceive it is shaped by various forms of representation regarding race, ethnicity, gender, class, etc. that are influenced by the media. When in summer 2010 the FIFA World Cup took place in South Africa, the host country was faced with the challenge of being in the international media focus and hence also the object of coverage in transnational television news. For the present study, which is based on the concept of media representations, the relation of sports and news media, previous research on football World Cups in the media and the role of transnational television, newscasts from three transnational broadcasters, BBC World News, CNN International and Al Jazeera English have been analyzed. The study aims to reveal how they depict and frame the host country, which topics were considered to be newsworthy, the differentiation between the country South African and the African continent and whether similarities or differences can be found in the three broadcasters’ coverage. To get answers to the research problem a combination of two methodological approaches, a quantitative content analysis, measuring the frequency of certain key topics, and a more interpretative qualitative discourse analysis of newscasts aired during the World Cup in June and July 2010, has been conducted. The findings suggest that the broadcasters were trying to represent South Africa from different perspectives, reporting about a broad variety of topics going beyond the actual football event, clearly differentiating between the continent and the host country. Nevertheless, the broadcasters’ way of presenting certain topics differs slightly. Hence, the study provides insights into how the broadcasters represented the host country as well as a comparison of their reporting. Moreover, it can function as a basis for future research that, for example, seeks to include the audience’s perception of the mediated image.

El presente trabajo de investigación consiste en un protocolo detallado que servirá de guía para la elaboración de un artículo científico, el cuál se centrará en analizar el tratamiento informativo y el discurso periodístico de una noticia emitida por dos importantes canales de televisión peruanos. La noticia a observar, se encuentra relacionada con el conflicto socio-ambiental del Proyecto Minero Tía María. En las siguientes líneas, se aborda los primeros lineamientos y acercamientos teóricos para la posterior investigación. / This research work consists of a detailed protocol that will serve as a guide for the preparation of a scientific article, which will focus on analyzing the news treatment and journalistic discourse of a news broadcast by two important Peruvian television channels. The news to be observed is related to the socio-environmental conflict of the Tía María Mining Project. In the following lines, the first guidelines and theoretical approaches for subsequent research are addressed. / Trabajo de investigación

Pas de résumé français / Pas de résumé anglais / Mit dieser durchaus selbstkritischen Einschätzung sprechen die Spiegel-Redakteure MarkusBrauck und Isabell Hülsen eine Diskussion an, die seit einigen Jahren in Gesellschaft und Wissenschaftunter dem Schlagwort "Boulevardisierung" geführt wird. Wie das Zitat zeigt, gehtdamit die Vermutung einher, der Boulevardjournalismus habe die Berichterstattung traditionellerMedien beeinflusst und lenke deren Aufmerksamkeit immer stärker auf Themen, die vorwiegendin Boulevardmedien auftauchen. Neu ist jedoch, dass derartige Beobachtungen auchvon Journalisten selbst stammen, was darauf hindeuten könnte, dass klassische Medien tatsächlichimmer stärker zu bunteren Themen und Stilformen tendieren. Andererseits zeigt das Zitataber auch, dass "Boulevardisierung" häufig und über alle Medienformate hinweg als Tatsacheverstanden wird, obwohl kaum wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen hierzu vorliegen. Dabei gebendie Spiegel-Redakteure auch unumwunden zu, was sie von derartigen Tendenzen im Journalismushalten: "Krawalljournalismus, Sensationsgier, Schaulust, Prominentenhatz und Aufwiegeleihaben immer noch ihren Platz in den Boulevardblättern, sie nehmen breiten Raum einim Boulevardfernsehen, und sie breiten sich im Internet aus wie ein stinkender Pilz." (Brauk &Hülsen, 2008, S. 74) Die Annäherung zwischen Boulevardmedien und klassischen Medienschätzen die Autoren damit als sehr negative Entwicklungen ein, die ihrer Ansicht nach denseriösen Qualitätsjournalismus in Deutschland unterlaufen und gefährden.

This diploma thesis uses quantitative content analysis to examine the main news sessions transmitted by three Czech TV channels. It aims to evaluate their information quality on the basis of pre-specified indicators (formal structure, type and processing, geographical and thematic balance, exclusivity and impartiality). Moreover, the usefulness of the proposed variables was tested on a sample of almost 63 hours and 42 minutes of audiovisual material (2163 research units broadcasted by 90 news sessions). The research has shown that the best news coverage is provided by the news session Události (Events), which is broadcasted every day from 19:00 (7:00 PM) by the public broadcaster ČT1 or ČT24.

Este trabajo analiza la influencia de los medios de comunicación en la sociedad peruana y cómo contribuye a la percepción de inseguridad ciudadana por parte de esta. Para llevarlo a cabo se utilizaron las noticias emitidas por tres programas de televisión, las cuales se analizaron y compararon en sus contenidos, y posteriormente se contrastó con la percepción que los ciudadanos tienen de estos mediante una encuesta. A través de esta investigación se logra analizar el tratamiento de noticias sobre inseguridad ciudadana en los medios televisivos peruanos y el impacto real en el ciudadano. / This paper analyzes the influence of the media in Peruvian society and how to contribute to the perception of citizen insecurity on the part of it. To carry it out, the news broadcast by three television programs were used, which were analyzed and compared in their contents, and later it was contrasted with the perception that citizens have of these through a survey. Through this research, it is possible to analyze the treatment of news on citizen insecurity in the Peruvian television media and the real impact on the citizen. / Trabajo de investigación