The IBT examines the way in which distant others and other countries are portrayed on British television and has produced a series of reports dating back until the early 1990s that form a very useful record of how television coverage has changed. There are also analyses of newspapers. I have provided copies of the reports below.
IBT analyses of television coverage:
1990: ‘Losing the Picture.’
1991: ‘Getting the Full Picture.’
1993: ‘Giving the Broader Picture.’
1995: ‘What in the world is going on.’
1996: ‘Watching the World.’
1998: ‘World Out of Focus.’
2000: ‘Losing Perspective.’
2002: ‘Losing Reality.’
2004: ‘The World on the Box.’
2006: ‘Reflecting the Real World.’
2007: ‘Reflecting the Real World part 2.’
2008: ‘Screening the World.’
2009: ‘The World in Focus.’
2011: ‘Outside the box.’
Other Media Analyses:
2000: ‘Viewing the World (DfID).’
2002: ‘Live Aid Legacy (VSO).’
2009: ‘Great Global Switch Off (Oxfam_IBT_Polis).’
2010: ‘Shrinking World (Media Standards Trust).’
2010: ‘UK citizens use of Internet (IBT).’
2010: ‘Global generation (IBT).’
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