Production of cultural and educational programs and cultural industries: on the issue of approaches to television analysis

INTRODUCTION. Television activity is devalued due to the loss of its exclusivity in the creation of video content and dissemination of video information. However, television has creative and technical resources, professionals, a school for producing programs aimed not only at supporting the consumer society and political manipulations, but also at developing fundamental meanings and strengthening values – culture, memory, national heritage. The gap that has occurred between the perception of television and its advantages and experience in creating content is a problem affecting the development of the media industry and television journalism. At the same time, the production of television special projects based on cultural events is related to the direction of cultural industries that is relevant for Russia, which allows us to rethink the meaning of television. The purpose of the study is to compare the creative characteristics of special TV projects with the properties of cultural industries and record the identified correspondences.

MATERIALS AND METHODS. The empirical basis of the study is special projects of the regional TV channel “Saint Petersburg”, which are representations of cultural events based on live broadcast technology and using expressive means of television. The study used the case study method, as well as a comparative analysis of approaches to creating television projects and criteria of cultural industries.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION. A comparison of modern special television projects with the theory of creative industries revealed similarities in such positions as: a) high risks; b) the opposition of creativity and commerce; c) high production costs and low distribution costs; d) attitude to semipublic goods, etc.

CONCLUSION. The models of such television projects correspond to the characteristics of cultural industries, which develops a theoretical view of television and actualizes its possibilities in the context of media transformation.

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