In the final thesis, I focus on the current issue of distance learning, which was triggered by the covid-19 epidemic and has been going on for more than a year. Public RTV Slovenia and commercial POP TV report on the issue in their own way. The main news broadcasts are certainly the evening news broadcast Dnevnik, screened on TV Slovenia, and the 24 ur, screened on POP TV, which have the most viewers. At the same time, these two television networks produce various talk and informative shows and sections in the shows, which are dedicated to more in-depth reporting on the issue by problematizing and confronting opinions of various actors involved in the process of distance learning, such as Tarča, sections Inšpektor and Fokus, Preverjeno, Odmevi, 24 ur Zvečer and Studio City. Differences between public and commercial television have been noticed in theory but need to be confirmed in practice.
The main purpose of the final thesis is an in-depth comparative content analysis of the above-mentioned informative broadcasts Dnevnik and 24 ur and some other important sections and shows that are broadcasted on public and commercial television. By monitoring the broadcasts over a period of three months (from March 31 to June 30, 2021) and also sections in the shows and special broadcasts during the entire school year 2020/21, I tried to find out what differences occur between the public and commercial television programmes. I confirmed and substantiated the occurrence of the latter by the help of the analysis. I established that the differences occur in the way of presenting the information and by guests who are invited to the shows or give their statements in contributions. I substantiated the importance of the special broadcasts and sections in the shows that report on distance learning, at the same time I presented in what way and to what extent journalists include educational institutions across the vertical in their reporting.
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