Media Credibility and Ethics in Television News

Abstract

We shall focus here on the complex reconstructive and sub-jective nature of news reception, the different ways the audience constructs meaningful interpretations from the news, exposure to news and the con-struction of images of reality. Schaap describes differences and similarities in television news interpretations, and relates them to differences and simi-larities in the audience. Porto analyzes the changes in TV Globo's model of journalism, seeking to contribute to the development of theoretical per-spectives that can account for changes in television journalism practices in transitional societies. Fenton et al. remark that the news organizations have responded to the new climate by investing heavily in online platforms, capitalising on their market dominance and brand loyalty, and increasing their audience share online.