Abstract
This paper follows the news routine of the daily evening news broadcasts of the two Israeli commercial TV channels. It is about a very particular and significant moment in national TV news—the making and gatekeeping process of the national TV news filler, also known by the Israeli news people as the shelf item. Based on a thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with several Israeli TV news professionals and a textual analysis of a particular TV news item and its shelf potential, findings provide a glimpse at how and for what reasons news stories are prioritized, how gatekeeping is performed in national TV news, and the ways in which the stories that are kept aside and left for later illustrate the overall production of newsworthiness.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 26-44 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Communication Review |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2 Jan 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Filler item
- Gatekeeping
- National TV news
- News production
- News routine