Hi friends,
as many of you are aware that I’m doing my MA in Journalism and Mass Communications, as a part of my final semester i have to complete a dissertation. I m doing a research on the topic "Study on Feature-based Shows on Indian News Channels". Below is a questionnaire based on my research. I will be grateful to you all if you take time to fill it up and sent it back, ASAP. Actually I m working a time crunch here and looking to all your support. (just copy it onto a word document, mark your choices and mail back)
Thanking You,
Damini Berry.
Study on Feature-based Shows on Indian News Channels.
Feature News is lifestyle and special interest news on a wide range of topics; such as from vacations to gardening and planning outings and entertainment. It is a prominent news story written like a piece of short fiction. They place a greater emphasis on facts that have human interest.
Questionnaire
1) How much time (daily) do you spend on watching television?
a. less than five hours
b. five to ten hours
c. More than 10 hours
2) Rate the following types of channels on basis of your viwership preferences.
(rate the below given options from 1 to 6; 1-being the most preferred and 6-being the least preferred)
a. General Entertainment channels
b. News channels
c. Sports channels
d. Music channels
e. Religious/Spiritual channels
f. Any Other
3) How much time, on an average, do you devote to a news channel?
a. Less than one hour
b. One to five hours
c. More than five hours
4) Rate the following content on News channels, according to your preferences.
(1-being the most preferred and 9-being the least preferred)
a. Headlines/News bulletins
b. International/National news
c. Political/Economic news
d. Sports news
e. Local news
f. Entertainment news
g. Human interest stories
h. Travel/outing/events based shows
i. Any Other.(please specify):____
5) What according to you is a ‘feature story’?
a. Detailed analysis of a news story
b. An infotainment story
c. An opinionated story
d. An entertainment story
e. All the above
f. Any Other (please specify):____
6) Which of the following non-news based shows do you prefer to watch (Multiple answers can be selected)
a. Entertainment shows
b. Shopping shows
c. Travel shows
d. Education shows
e. Development-based shows
f. Local outing and events shows
g. Others (please specify):_____
7) Do you follow any shopping or outing advices given in shows on News channels?
a. To a greater extent
b. To a moderate extent
c. To a lesser extent
d. Not at all
Please give your reasons for above selection of answer.
8) Do you feel News channels should have feature based shows?
a. To a greater extent
b. To a moderate extent
c. To a lesser extent
d. Not at all
Please give your reasons for above selection of answer.
9) Have 24x7 News channels increased the scope of feature based content on them.
a. To a greater extent
b. To a moderate extent
c. To a lesser extent
d. Not at all
10) Which News channels do you prefer to watch for non-news based or feature based content?
11) Which of the following channel do you watch?
a. Metro Nation
b. Dilli Aajtak
c. Both
d. Neither
12) Can you name any four shows on either (MetroNation or Dilli Aajtak) of the channels (in order of your preference).
13) Do you like to watch repeat telecasts of feature shows on News channels?
a. To a greater extent
b. To a moderate extent
c. To a lesser extent
d. Not at all
14) Any suggestions for the improvement of Metro Nation and Dilli Aajtak channels, in the following areas.
a. Content
b. Presentation
c. Time alloted
Please fill in the following details about yourself:
Name:
Gender:
Education:
Occupation:
Location:
Thank you so much for taking out time to fill out these questions. I am sincerely appreciative of your effort and patience. Your personal details will be kept confidential.
Sincerely yours,
Damini Berry
Email— damini_berry@rediffmail.com
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thursday, January 3, 2008
South Indian flavor missing from the Indian TV platter
Just as on urban Indian television rural India is very minimally represented similarly in Indian news, especially on national news channels, southern India is presented very marginally.
Music shows never concentrate on d south, Class 12 topper from north gets 9 o'clock headlines, but from south he/she gets a brief interview.
Several reasons go into this…and well I may or may not be correct in my observation.
Firstly, the language barrier keeps southern states separated from rest of the country. Since Hindi is the national language and most of the news channels have Hindi version they probably concentrate on the Hindi-speaking sector. Recently one of my friends pointed out to me that in d latest television show “antakshri”(star one) you can find four Zones representing India and those zones do not include south zone. It includes only north, east, west and Central.
While d shows tagline says “har akshar ki dhun par khelega India” yet somehow southern states are easily omitted, Which makes one wonder if South India belongs to India or not.
This is just one example. India’s 24-hour news channels have just barely an hour or two devoted to news related to the southern belt.
Well I also think that I will not be entirely incorrect if I say that ‘south’ in itself too is a quite secluded community, that like to keep within itself, maintaining their distinctive cultures and traditional roots.
Nevertheless, I think that we too have a hand in that sort of thinking being upheld until now. By ‘we’, I mean the rest of the country and representatives of people. Representatives of southern states themselves do not seem to b making any effort to work on solutions of language and regional barriers and towards bringing ‘south’ closer in the mainstream India.
You know one more interesting thing to ponder on is that in this modernized day n age of global village concept we have become much more closer to foreign countries like U.S.A. and China, etc, than we can ever be to our own southern states.
Well another reason is also d fact that d ‘heartbeat’ of India lies anywhere but in southern India. Like the politics of the country is concentrated in north especially in the national capital of d country Delhi.
Similarly, mumbai and Delhi together become hubs of India’s economy.
Even the hub of India’s biggest movie industry is in Mumbai whereas Delhi plays a very strategically thought of headquarters for all the major news channels of the country.
Bears and bulls, seats, ministries, bollywood, economics, politics, conservatism, ethnic differences, education, growth, and ideas of protecting a pure essence of cultural roots… well according to me all these factors go in seclusion of southern India from the rest of the country.
Music shows never concentrate on d south, Class 12 topper from north gets 9 o'clock headlines, but from south he/she gets a brief interview.
Several reasons go into this…and well I may or may not be correct in my observation.
Firstly, the language barrier keeps southern states separated from rest of the country. Since Hindi is the national language and most of the news channels have Hindi version they probably concentrate on the Hindi-speaking sector. Recently one of my friends pointed out to me that in d latest television show “antakshri”(star one) you can find four Zones representing India and those zones do not include south zone. It includes only north, east, west and Central.
While d shows tagline says “har akshar ki dhun par khelega India” yet somehow southern states are easily omitted, Which makes one wonder if South India belongs to India or not.
This is just one example. India’s 24-hour news channels have just barely an hour or two devoted to news related to the southern belt.
Well I also think that I will not be entirely incorrect if I say that ‘south’ in itself too is a quite secluded community, that like to keep within itself, maintaining their distinctive cultures and traditional roots.
Nevertheless, I think that we too have a hand in that sort of thinking being upheld until now. By ‘we’, I mean the rest of the country and representatives of people. Representatives of southern states themselves do not seem to b making any effort to work on solutions of language and regional barriers and towards bringing ‘south’ closer in the mainstream India.
You know one more interesting thing to ponder on is that in this modernized day n age of global village concept we have become much more closer to foreign countries like U.S.A. and China, etc, than we can ever be to our own southern states.
Well another reason is also d fact that d ‘heartbeat’ of India lies anywhere but in southern India. Like the politics of the country is concentrated in north especially in the national capital of d country Delhi.
Similarly, mumbai and Delhi together become hubs of India’s economy.
Even the hub of India’s biggest movie industry is in Mumbai whereas Delhi plays a very strategically thought of headquarters for all the major news channels of the country.
Bears and bulls, seats, ministries, bollywood, economics, politics, conservatism, ethnic differences, education, growth, and ideas of protecting a pure essence of cultural roots… well according to me all these factors go in seclusion of southern India from the rest of the country.
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