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THE PLACE OF TELEPROMPTER IN ENHANCING EYE CONTACT OF NEWSCASTERS

PROPOSAL / CHAPTER ONE
1.0   INTRODUCTION
1.1    BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Eye contact and facial expressions provide important social and emotional information. People, perhaps without consciously doing so, probe each other's eyes and faces for positive or negative mood signs. In some contexts, the meeting of eyes arouses strong emotions.
Eye contact is also an important element in flirting, where it may serve to establish and gauge the other's interest in some situations.
Mutual eye contact that signals attraction initially begins as a brief glance and progresses into a repeated volleying of eye contact, according to Beverly Palmer, Ph.D. and professor of psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

In the process of civil inattention, strangers in close proximity, such as a crowd, avoid eye contact in order to help maintain their privacy.
Therefore, newscasters adopted the use of teleprompter in achieving an effective eye contact.
A teleprompter displays the prompts for a person filming or telecasting a visual report with an electronic device such as a video camera. Teleprompters are used instead of cue cards to electronically display the text of a script or speech.
The teleprompter screen, in front of the camera lens of a professional video camera, allows the presenter, a reporter or speechmaker, to keep “eye contact” with the viewing audience with an open and comfortable presence. The words on the teleprompter screen are reflected to the presenter on a beam splitter, a clear glass.
The use of a teleprompter allows a presenter to appear at ease and engaged with the audience. They appear more professional and knowledgeable about their subject, not having to fumble with or refer to a paper copy.
Cue cards are still in limited use, but they are placed off center from the lens making the presenter to look away from the lens, making them look distracted.
The first teleprompter was used created by Jess Oppenheimer, producer and head writer of “I Love Lucy” in 1953. The teleprompter was used to allow Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz to keep in character while presenting commercials on-camera. Several variations and improvements have been made to Oppenheimer’s original design including autoscript prompters which scroll at a comfortable pace based on a review of the speaker’s normal speech pattern.
One of the best teleprompters available is the TELMAX GS-15 Teleprompter. The quality of this teleprompter is outstanding due to its features.
    “Readable up to 18 feet away
    Fits all tripods and camera bodies
    15 inch LCD monitor
    Weighs only 14 pounds
    14” x 14” 70/30 beamsplitter glass
    Vinyl hood with wire stiffener
    ZaPrompt Pro Software
    Lightweight and portable
    Easy setup and breakdown”
1.2    STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Eye contact is the hallmark of television presentation, news casting in particular as it makes newscasters to have balance and constant eye contact.
Television media want news to be presented as if the newscasters are reading news from hand rather than reading from script that is why most television industries adopted the use of teleprompter to perform the miracle of brilliancy of staffs.
To this end, want to find out the impact of teleprompter in television news on the newscaster of NTA.        
1.3    OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
To examine whether teleprompter improve news presentation of NTA.
To examine if teleprompter news hold audience’s attention more than manual news reading.
To x-ray whether news through teleprompter influence people viewing habit.
To highlight the various challenge facing NTA newscasters in using teleprompter.
To know if teleprompter facilitate effective eye contact of newscaster.
To find out whether teleprompter enhance news reading.
Does teleprompter enhance non verbal and facial gesticulation in news presentation.

                                        

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