Abstract:
The present work deals with the regional television concerning the importance of „region“ for the viewer. The focus is on „Landesschau Baden-Württemberg“, „Aktuelle Stunde“ and „Lokalzeit Köln“ of WDR. The central questions of the investigation are: What can regional coverage mean, how is it set in regional magazines and how are the different concepts of regionalization accepted by viewers?
The basic question "What is region? approaching the work
historically at taking into account geographical, sociological and
psychological factors. Based on the approaches of Teichert
and Bausinger following regional dimensions are highlighted:
action, event, economy and everyday culture.
The example of the SWR radio, strategic considerations concerning
regionalization under the aspects of studio and broadcasting infrastructure ,
the target groups and agenda-setting are discussed and analyzed as an example for a transmission to TV. The differentiated presentation of the "Landesschau Baden-Würtemberg" highlights the focus on the objective of regional proximity: Profile, broadcast schedule, contribution forms, structure of the regional studios and target group analysis identifies the "Landesschau Baden-Württemberg" as a regional magazine.
Much of the work is devoted to the methods of the sender's internal
Media Research: The progressive differentiation of the question, how
successful strategies of regionalization are, have lead from the pure
rate measurement to qualitative results of the internal SWR
Program evaluation process. In a further qualitative step the present
investigation verifies regional strategies on the broadcasting and
film level. In a descriptive part means of regionalization are described and critically classified based on text, image and sound levels.
The comparison with the WDR-magazine "Aktuelle Stunde" / "Lokalzeit" shows the chances of improved acceptance by the audience by the mean of circuit apart.the sub-regional contents.