News is accessible by audiences for a number of reasons, although this is not the most popular of television programmes, in comparison to other types. News is designed to have the following purposes:
Information
Education
Entertainment
To make money: Commercial channels want and need to make money
Surprise audiences
Persuade audiences
Analyse
To promote programmes: Some institutions promote their own TV shows and programmes
To challenge
Key Fact / statistic for the exam: Although TV news figures are showing
signs of decreasing,
during the Paris shootings & hostage situations, the
BBC has reported that their audience
figures increased by 6.5 million viewers.
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