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television

vr.tr.television · INF.MED

Let an agent explain television as technology, medium and industry, help people access and evaluate television content, explain regulation and ratings, and describe its history and effects with attribution.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain television as technology, medium and industry, help people access and evaluate television content, explain regulation and ratings, and describe its history and effects with attribution.

A medium for transmitting and receiving moving images and sound, historically by broadcast and cable and now also by internet streaming, and the industry and institutions producing and distributing programmes for news, entertainment, education and advertising; television is regulated for content, ownership and standards and has shaped culture and politics since the mid-twentieth century.

What it is for: Mass communication and entertainment.

It can be explain how television works and is delivered; find programmes and services; explain regulation and ratings; describe history and effects.

Distinguishing features

Mass audiovisual medium

Scheduled or on-demand

Regulated

Culturally influential

What it looks like

Screens showing broadcast, cable or streamed programmes.

How it is recognised

Moving images with sound to audiences

Broadcast, cable, satellite or internet delivery

Cinema films are made for theatrical release first

Related models

is a kind of - category

mass media

is a kind of - category

broadcasting

is transmitted by - broadcasting stations

radio communication station

is part of - industry

entertainment

In practice

Families and kinds

terrestrial and satellite broadcast television

cable television

internet and streaming television

public service and commercial television

television genres such as news, drama and reality

Standards and regulation

Broadcasting regulation and licensing

Content standards and age classification

Media ownership and plurality rules

Failure modes and hazards

Misinformation and propaganda

Inappropriate content for children

Concentration of ownership

Also called

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.television

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Access Watching television.

Services and equipment.

Services

Channels and services.

Services

Services.

  1. Which television services and channels are available here, and how are they received? provenance
  2. What licences or subscriptions are required? provenance

Equipment

Receivers and streaming.

Equipment

Equipment.

  1. What equipment is needed for broadcast, cable or streaming television? provenance
  2. How do standards such as digital terrestrial television work? definition
Evaluate Content and reliability.

Critical viewing.

News

Television news.

News

News.

  1. How reliable is this television news source, according to media standards and independent assessments? provenance
  2. How can propaganda and misinformation be recognised, with claims attributed? boundary

Ratings

Age ratings and guidance.

Ratings

Ratings.

  1. What age guidance applies to this programme, and what do health bodies say about screen time? provenance
  2. Which parental controls exist? provenance
Regulate Regulation and industry.

Rules and economics.

Rules

Broadcasting rules.

Rules

Rules.

  1. Which regulator oversees television here, and which content and impartiality rules apply? provenance
  2. How can complaints be made? provenance

Industry

Television industry.

Industry

Industry.

  1. How is television funded and produced, and how is streaming changing it? provenance
  2. Which data sources report audiences? provenance
History Television in society.

Effects and heritage.

Development

History of television.

Development

History.

  1. How did television develop technically and culturally, according to historians, including early systems such as mirror drums? provenance
  2. Which milestones were key? provenance

Effects

Social effects.

Effects

Effects.

  1. What does research say about the effects of television on society and politics? provenance
  2. Which findings are contested? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should streaming be a separate entry?
  • How should programme guides be linked?
  • How should regulators be localised?
Draft as JSON