Television Journalism as a Field ; Analyses the prospects of the industry in Bangladesh

Television journalism has been gradually emerging as a distinct field in Bangladesh. As there has been no systematic effort to define the contour of this emerging area, my objective in this article is to initiate this work. Television has been a key focus in media and communication studies at the university level across the world. Because of challenges from the Internet, television has received renewed attention in academia in recent years. The global television industry has also responded by using the Internet as a distribution channel for television programmes. Television scholars are pondering about the future of television in a digital world. A conference titled “What is television?” was organised in March 2012 by a leading critical communication scholar, Professor Janet Wasko at the University of Oregon. This conference discussed issues about competition in the television industry, television business models, the future of television in a digital world, policies and regulations of television, changing nature of television audiences, and the future of public broadcasting.

 

Published on Volume 6 | Issue 05 | May 2012