Information TV Programs in the Format of “Breaking News”: Composition, Technology and Peculiarities of Media Perception
Keywords:
breaking news, television, information TV programs, media perception, infothrilling.Abstract
The scientific understanding of “breaking news” as a special format of information programs on television is studied in the article. In terms of composition, the informational TV programs in the format of “breaking news” are built on the principle of narrative. In their discursive strategies, journalists combine direct “hard” information and rhetoric of grief. The results of the author’s online survey «“Breaking news”: Phenomenon of media perception» (n=400) confirmed that the audience mostly concerned and worried by the news about emergency incidents. At the same time, information on such incidents is sought by respondents through television. As for the social effects of news in the format of “breaking news”, the majority of respondents described their reactions as horror. Such strong reactions arise in the result of operating the infothrilling technology.
