Video News: Trends in the Digital Press. The Case of The Guardian and the Scottish Referendum Coverage

• Sara Ortells Badenes ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat Jaume I

     Universitat Jaume I

     Castellón, España

     
• Localización: Contenidos digitales y multipantalla / coord. por María José Arrojo, José Luis Piñuel Raigada, 2015, ISBN 978-84-16458-24-0, págs. 155-171
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Video contents are more frequently use by digital media to report the news. Despite video-news have gained weight within the information supply; the vast majority of these pieces come from press agencies. However, recent studies reveal that self-production videos –produced by the media itself to be consumed through the web– are also experiencing a gradual rise. This paper analyses the concrete case of The Guardian –its digital version– and the use of self-production videos to cover the Scottish Referendum, a political issue included in the medium agenda. The analysis conducted in this chapter is focused in the study of the stylistic features of these self-production videos. The aim is to determine the characteristics defining these pieces of news. The main results reveal that the British newspaper prefers including reports having citizens as a main source, making the reporter appear on the screen all the time and using a careful aesthetic. These characteristics could be easily tied to the infotainment phenomenon.