How can the quality and diversity of news and current affairs output be maintained in the digital age?

Public Service Broadcasting

What is quality to you?

Our attempt to define quality...

This is what we came up with...•Everyone has an opinion on quality

•Quality is in perception

•BBC aiming to put quality first – this is outlined in a speech by Mark Thompson

•The public fund the broadcasts - so the masses expect what they perceive as quality

•In terms of news they expect truth, depth, authority, impartiality and knowledge

The public pay, the public want quality, but the public are a diverse audience...

What is diversity?

Our attempt to define diversity...

This is what we came up with...

•Diversity is variety•BBC have to cater for all audiences •Cuts could make it more difficult to be diverse

Not everyone wants to hear, read or see the same thing...

This is how the news used to be...

Clear, concise and authoritative.

What is the digital age?

•Introduction of technology which has digitalised our society

•World Wide Web

•News can read anywhere

•Social media

•User generated content

How has it affected the news output?

How news is now...

Conversation, accessible, available

Citizen journalism and user generated content

How useful is it?

NegativesAren’t aware of BBC guidelines

Not necessarily a reliable source

Have to be technically and editorially sound

Lacking in authority, impartiality, and technical ability

Adds to the richness

Encourages and increases diversity

Makes delivering news faster

Promotes involvement in the two-way conversation

Positives

BBC journalist Trushar Barot talks about the importance of user-generated content

Challenges facing Public Service broadcasting

License fee frozen

Government cuts

Versus commercial news companies

Lack of funding

Can they maintain quality and diversity?

This is how...

Filtration, quality not quantity

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