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Good morning to all attending, today I will be talking to you about Factual Programming,
it’s effects on day to day interpretations of particular subjects, whether it’s controversial,
objective, subjective and etc. as well as it’s importance in society and the independent
countries we live in.

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Factual television is a genre of non-fiction television programming that tend to focus and
keep record and documents actual events that happens currently and previously and the
people who lived during those times. These types of programs are also described as
documentaries, fly on the wall, docudrama (documentary-drama), and reality television.

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So, what are the different key elements of factual programming and different uses for it as
well as the different perspectives of it into more detail.

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Accuracy: This is when something could be a reliable and truthful representation of what's
happening in front and off camera. This is why in factual programming, accuracy is one of
the most important factors to consider, especially when it's on global television or national
television, when your episode will air to tens of thousands of people who rely on your
source of information. On television, a program has got to be accurate before it's
broadcasted on live television to its audience. This is because if it is considered to be
inaccurate, it will risk being rejected resulting in it not being aired, and when it's till aired
and it turns out to be inaccurate the public will learn to not trust that radio station ever
again. When it comes to producing anything, which will be used to inform and educate
people nationally and internationally, all types of facts and statistics have got to be
factually correct. A great example of a factual program which is watched and relied on for
accuracy would be the news-based channels like the BBC as their viewers want to know
the true story at all times.  

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Balance: Balance is when both sides of a specific story are put across in order to keep a
factual program fair, whether it's political, objectively, subjectively or controversial. This
is done because the main purpose of the story is to, not only entertain, but also to inform
people all over the world and all stories usually contain two sides and different
perspectives to it, so bringing both of them in the light of a factual program is a way of
keeping a balance and let the audience decide which one is the most important and which
can be affected to them, which can be crucial. It is also important to make sure that both
of these sides of the argument are shown so that non of the sides are being more glorified
and favored towards one specific viewer. This is done so that the consumer will not have a
bias opinion on the matter at hand or feel as if they are being told everything through news
coverage. If they do start to develop a bias opinion, this should be re-assigned by given
some type of balancing information.

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Objectivity: 
Objectivity would be a lack of bias judgement or any type of prejudice to a particular
political group, group of people, a certain politician and etc. as it isn't on any sides of the
argument no matter the subject. Objectivity would be the ability to analyze and accept
facts that is being presented in front of them without having to fear what will or will not
look good for a particular political party or group of people, and then decide to make a
sensible decision from the type of decision found on that research so that the audience can
be informed and they can make their own judgment with the all of the facts that were
being presented to them. Factual program usually have one very similar objective; to
create research and turn it into some type of news, so that they can educate and inform the
public about current events and affairs that are currently in place and affecting them in
one way or another, which always bases its objective on delivering relevant information to
consumers and viewers as it also affects their day to day lives.  

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Impartiality: Impartiality is when both the opinions and sides are seen to be equal through
the eyes of the audience without taking sides or making your own personal judgement,
possibly making the statements that you're making biased towards a specific opposition.
To make sure there is an impartial judgement, you will have to have some type of properly
presented relevant argument towards both sides so that the show doesn't seem biased on
any level. An example of a topic which has to stay impartial would be the Scottish
referendum and more recently Brexit. These are very big topics where everyone has had
different views and opinions on however, when reported on sites such as the BBC, it was
very important for them to stay impartial and as unbiased as people as of course, the
people who pay for their serve are looking to be served and wouldn't want to   hear a biased
and unbalanced report on a situation that could affect the way they live in their country.

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The term "vox pop" comes from the Latin phrase  vox populi, meaning "voice of the
people". The vox pop is a tool used in many forms of media, especially in factual
programming like the news channels that are meant to be informative to its audience and
provide them with facts, to provide a snapshot overview of the public's overall opinion on
a certain subject matter. Random subjects, people in this case, are asked to give their
views on a particular topic and their responses are presented to the viewer/reader as a
reflection/an example of popular opinion in a mass audience. An example of vox pops
would be videos where the interviewer approaches people in the street and asks them
simple questions about the topic and to see their different points of views and that they're
easily understood that even some children could participate. These people will be new to
interviews and will often be nervous, flustered, awkward, etc. It's therefore important to
make them feel comfortable and relaxed right before an interview so that they would have
the right mind-set and think before they actually say anything before, they can say
anything without having their point of view influenced in any way.

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Representation in media can be a very controversial topic, not enough representation, too
much representation, whatever it is, we're never satisfied with what is said and shown
about our race, religion, skin color etc. In short, representation would be the stereotyping
or showcasing of someone or something shown in a very particular way by the media,
manipulated into making the audience see one thing or not. This, depending on who posted
it can either represent such a topic accurately and truthful or stereotypical and bias
towards one religion, skin color and etc. In other cases, media can also choose to portray
someone or something as positive and truthful and include some of those facts as to why
they are that way and how they live. The problem is, items of media such as commercial
news corporations and newspaper articles or companies sometimes like to represent people
negatively. This is mostly based on views of judgement, causing some of the consumers to
develop a biased opinion on the topic. An example of this could be a topic on thugs. These
young people probably have done nothing lawfully wrong however, they have been
portrayed in such a negative image to the point where when most people hear the words
thugs, they associate it with criminalists. This is why most factual programs realistically
should only use representations truthfully and base everything they post on the facts.
Another way that media could easily be misunderstood is when the 'Corona-virus' became
more noticeable around the world, causing people to be more aggressive and racist towards
Asians due to the fact that the media wording their phrases wrong and the audience
misinterpreting it. 

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Privacy is known ability for someone to seclude themselves or specific information about
themselves or about any other point of view. This is because everyone is different, having
different values, different backgrounds and etc. when it comes to the amount that they
want to showcase about themselves online or in the public media; some people want to
have all the attention from media when some others want to be completely out of sight
from the attention of the public. Everyone is naturally entitled to their own privacy and
opinion so if someone doesn't want to be filmed or written about, they then have the power
to ensure that it doesn't happen as this is about their life legally. If done without consent,
legal action can be taken upon the medias and anchors who don't respect their privacy by
accessing their privacy without consent or permission. An example of this would be the
'Phone hacking scandal' which was carried out by those in the media who went against
user’s privacy. As a result, this led to these people and company being legally sued and
being financially damaged.

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This would be classified as the permission to either write or film something about
someone or something that has affected the world in one way or another, e.g. the recent
Queen's film 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. In order to have such an opportunity, you must gain
access before you are allowed to do anything and make sure that you get the proper
permission from the original source of that content. An example of this would be asking
permission to film in a specific building. You need to make sure with the owners of the
building if they are happy to have footage of their building placed on the media. If you
release something which you haven't had access or permission of, you could risk having
some type of legal action taken against you and your media production/company itself.
Filming in private areas around the world without permission is illegal in most countries
around the world.

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In day-to-day terminology, biased means to be one-sided or lacking a neutral viewpoint of
a certain subject matter ranging from things that can be as unimportant as the best way to
cook eggs to things that could change how nations could work, like, who should be in a
certain political party or government. By news anchors and programs  unreasonably
favoring one specific side of an argument, for or against a subject without authentic proof,
could really affect the way an audience thinks, not only will they be provided with the
wrong information, but when they discover on what they say could potentially be false on
more than one occasion, then they wouldn't be able to trust that specific news program or
anchor, affecting the audience count and rating of the channel, possibly to a point where it
gets discontinued. Real projects ought to abstain from including inclinations, biased points
of views, as a real projects point is to give and convey enough evidential data, supported
by hard, researched facts and evidence, to the consumers that permits them to legitimately
settle on their own choices and feelings about things in the event that they wish without
one sided being affected. It's anything but a verifiable projects spot to favor one side of a
contention if there is unified without adjusting all the proof and conclusions, before
appearing to the customers.

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Subjectivity: 
Subjectivity is quite the exact opposite of objectivity as it bases its decision and
understanding based on a specific person’s life experiences and opinions, rather than
external facts. Making the possibility of it being biased a real problem as everyone has
different emotions towards different things, what may not hurt you, may hurt other people.
It is used as an explanation for what influences and informs the judgement of people that
create a thin and vague line between truth vs reality. As a result, it rarely is used on
factual program such as the news programs and documentaries. This is because the news is
designed to be impartial, informative, non-biased and it's not supposed to affect the way
people will think due to the 'facts' that they're presenting, their only supposed to be
delivering just the facts without going too much into personal opinions and experiences
from the news anchors or anyone else in the crew, as they might have a different opinion
and contradict what the facts and statements mean. An example would be the factual
program Question Times as they are more likely going to have people airing their opinions
and feelings towards the topic without actually basing it on facts.  

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Opinions are judgements which are formed through personal experiences of the audience
throughout their lifetimes leading to their current age, views and opinions which are not
necessarily all based on facts, although they can lead to being proven to be facts. They
would usually be given by audiences or through a vox pox in order to see what the general
public feels and thinks about that specific/chosen topic, with their permission to share of
course. An example an factual program like such would be Have I Got New For You. This
is because the presenter sometimes gives their specific opinions about that specific topic
that they're presenting. The thing is, most topics and situations on these programs tend to
use more than one persons opinions, ensuring that these opinions stay balances especially
if it is shown on channels such as the BBC as they often maintain all rounded fairness.