The study of TV news reporter information behavior and the phenomenon of information anxiety

Autor: 黃柏堯
Rok vydání: 2011
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 99
In the information explosion generation, now, TV news reporters whose behavior has changed because of information arising from the development of the network. And the TV news reporters is not only the producer of information but also the person of information, in the constant interaction between demand and production, the phenomenon of information anxiety is also worth discussing. Therefore, the main purpose of the study is to investigate the information behavior of TV news reporters, its model of information behavior, and discussing the stages of the information behavior search process, the phenomenon of generation of information anxiety. In this study, depth interviews with 10 journalists in TV news, analysis results found that the information need affect by the “organization's policies” and the “impact of the ratings”, they must always maintain a strong information needs; and information search channels can be divided into “flat newspapers”, “internet”, “public relations”, “exchanges”, and “other sources”, and the TV news reporters with the issues of network resources is very popular. To verify accuracy of the information and screening, the TV news reporters often limited by press time, the accuracy of the information always can’t fulfill. In terms of information anxiety, organizational pressure and the pressure of time is the factors of anxiety, and the causes information anxiety can be divided into “external pressures”, “information overload”, “the lack of information” three categories, under which “the same with industry news”, “independent leak of news”, “information asymmetry”, “a lot of information to digest when written”, “the lack of relevant information when out interview “, “inconsistent information” as the TV news reporter unique information anxiety phenomenon; and information anxiety of TV news reporter in addition to psychological symptoms of irritable anxiety, depression and other negative emotions, physical performance have headache, stomach pain, flatulence, etc., seriously affecting the quality of life, but the accumulation of experience, relatively reduce TV news reporter information anxiety situation. Finally, this study reference to Kuhlthau (2004) proposed seven stages of information search process and add the “screening and confirmation” stage, the development of information for TV news reporter information search model, after analysis and comparison, we found that TV news reporter in the information behavior of the each stage will have information anxiety.
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