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"Slapen, eten, drinken, werken en het journaal": hoe mensen in de huiselijke sfeer naar het journaal kijken

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Abstract

An empirical study with 5 drivers and their wives, about the way they watch television news. The persons are interviewed about their viewing habits in relation to what they think about televion news. The news seems very important to them ”to keep up”, but on the other hand they watch for many other reasons; just for pleasure, joking about the things they see, and/or the news plays a secondary role in the living room. According to Dahlgren (1988) the context in which people talk about television is important for the way they answer. In a personal discours, people say what they mean, how they watch the news, and in what subjects they are not interested at all. In the official discours they act as informed citizens and they show the importance of keeping up. Depending the situation, these contexts might be mixed up. For example one moment they say they believe the news supplies objective information, but when they are personally engaged in some situations they are more critical towards the news.

How to Cite:

Van Der Molen, C., (1989) “"Slapen, eten, drinken, werken en het journaal": hoe mensen in de huiselijke sfeer naar het journaal kijken”, Massacommunicatie : Wetenschappelijk Kwartaaltijdschrift voor Communicatie en Informatie 17(4), 322–330.