We design and evaluate a way to modify television news to make it interactive for viewers. We allow them to get more of what they want and less of what they don't want. This allows news to break constraints imposed by television broadcast schedules. Our solution is to augment the existing news broadcast structure in the following ways: add a video headlines menu, provide on-demand access to additional story content, provide interactive navigation controls between stories, and a control overlay. For news producers we create a video annotation program and process to help create the interactive news. We use the production tools in a news production room for a week to show viability. We also evaluate the home interactivity by having viewers provide feedback after watching the interactive news produced during that week. Our results show that our solution easily fits into existing news production processes. The solution provides additional depth into stories and individualizes the newscast for each viewer. The interaction for viewers is optional and easy to use, but future work could make it even easier to learn and use.

Submitted by Viviane Lima da Cunha (viviane@biblioteca.ufpb.br) on 2016-03-14T14:53:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 983816 bytes, checksum: f1878575bbee4eb90899ddb45d6f1d4d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-14T14:53:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 983816 bytes, checksum: f1878575bbee4eb90899ddb45d6f1d4d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-24 / For a few years now it has been taking place a an intense digitalization on Brazilian television, stimulated mainly by the implantation of digital TV in Brazil. Since the beginning of digital transmission in the country in 2007, TV stations began to worry about replacing analogical equipment, still part of the news production process and transmission, for the digital type. This shift from one technology to another brings technical changes to production routines and numerous possibilities of transformation in the way the news will be delivered. Amidst this scenario, producers of journalistic content grope in a transition full of uncertainties. This research was based on the experience at TV Paraíba, TV station affiliated to Rede Globo, in the city of Campina Grande, Paraíba, which completed its full digitization process in 2013. The study focuses on the changes in news production process caused by the gradual retirement of analogical technologies. We transform this study into a series of news reports for television so that this written text corresponds to the final report of the product. The recordings accompanied the shift from analogical to digital at TV Paraíba, including expectations, difficulties encountered, changes in routines and the attitude of journalists towards the new tools. In order for that to be accomplished, we combined journalistic and scientific techniques in a constructive experience. This final report describes the path taken to build the series of news reports, besides bringing an academic / bibliographic study on the theme. / Há alguns anos vem acontecendo uma digitalização intensa na televisão brasileira impulsionada, sobretudo, pela implantação da TV digital no Brasil. Desde o início das transmissões digitais no país, em 2007, as emissoras passaram a se preocupar com a substituição dos equipamentos analógicos que ainda fazem parte do processo de produção de notícias e de transmissão pelos digitais. Essa travessia de uma tecnologia para outra traz modificações técnicas nas rotinas produtivas e inúmeras possibilidades de transformação na forma como as notícias serão passadas. Em meio a esse cenário os produtores de conteúdo jornalístico tateiam em uma transição cheia de incertezas. A pesquisa deste trabalho teve como base a experiência vivida na TV Paraíba, emissora afiliada à Rede Globo, na cidade de Campina Grande, Paraíba, que concluiu o processo de digitalização total em 2013. O foco foram as modificações no processo de produção de notícias causadas pela aposentadoria gradativa do analógico. Transformamos esse estudo em uma série de reportagens para televisão de modo que este texto escrito corresponde ao relatório final do produto. As gravações acompanharam a travessia do analógico para o digital na TV Paraíba incluindo expectativas, dificuldades encontradas, modificações nas rotinas e a postura dos jornalistas perante as novas ferramentas. Para isso misturamos técnicas jornalísticas e científicas, numa experiência construtiva. Este relatório final descreve todo o caminho trilhado para a construção da série de reportagens, além de trazer um estudo acadêmico/ bibliográfico sobre o tema.

The coverage of news media on conflicts increasingly became the subject of criticism, accused of sensationalism, oversimplification, and underrepresentation of certain issues. While recognizing that it is the journalists and editors that make choices regarding the collection and framing of the stories and accounts published in newspapers and digital media outlets, this thesis sets to understand these choices against the background of the web of structural constraints pertaining to professional, organizational, economic and political contexts of their work. Drawing on a theoretical perspective of Peace Journalism and Bläsi’s model of factors influencing conflict-coverage, this thesis explores what factors influenced the coverage of Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition protests and how they can be seen as hindrances or facilitators for Peace Journalism. The study presents the results of a qualitative content analysis of material obtained through semi-structured expert interviews with four journalists who covered the protests on-site. The findings display that factors pertaining to the journalistic system, personal features of the journalist, lobbies, conflict situation on-site, public climate, and audience were playing a significant role in shaping the news production throughout the Anti-Extradition protests. A majority of these factors were identified as limiting rather than facilitating Peace Journalism. This study suggests that in order to have a relevant and lasting impact, Peace Journalism needs to formulate strategies that consider the realities journalists face on the ground and factors influencing conflict coverage that pose limitations to its practice.