テレビニュース番組の娯楽化傾向に対する視聴者の評価

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Through some content analysis research, it has been confirmed that there are some tendencies, which can be called "tabloidization," in Japanese TV news programs. News programs typically include some "soft news," and are often dramatized in many ways. The purpose of this study is to examine, through survey research, (1) how people evaluate the tabloid aspects of TV news programs and (2) what variables affect their evaluation. The survey was conducted in Suginami-ku, Tokyo, from November to December, 1998. 270 randomly selected respondents answered the questionnaire. The major findings were: (1) More than a half of the respondents did not regard the tabloid TV news programs as problematic they accepted them. Of course, there were some people who were critical of the tabloid TV news programs, but there were also some people who vigorously welcomed the tendencies of "tabloidization." (2) To determine the factors that affect the evaluation of tabloid TV news programs, we administered multiple regression analysis. We found out that talkativeness, low contact with general TV programs, and habitual TV news viewing tended to cause the evaluation of the tabloid aspects of TV news programs to be positive. We also made it clear that fussiness, concern about "hard news," and low contact with TV news programs tended toword a negative evaluation.
東京女子大学の論文
2000-09-20