Abstract
Since its beginning till today communication means have
formed channels for human knowledge. The importance of these means
is growing with time as a result of the development of new communication
techniques. This made means of communications the focus of the
audience who are now dedicating hours of their time to receive the
contents of these means.
According to these facts, news coverage has become one of the
important factors that contributes in arranging the priorities for communication
content exposure and also for the formation of the audience
opinion about local, regional and international current issues.
Through close observation of news content broadcasted on T.V.
channels, it is clear that the media select certain news content that
concerns a certain issue to be exposed in a certain time while neglecting
other issues. This is due to the policy adopted by the media, the media
system and the standards the media channel is working according to.
From this point of view, researchers in this field have found it necessary
to tackle this case in order to find out how these T.V. channels are
dealing with news content and according to which standards.
This study focuses on the standards used in news coverage and
introduces the techniques used in selecting contents presented to the
audience.