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the guests. Thus, an open studio environment is achieved, where the Gulf War’s blue screen
is replaced by a transparent surface behind which TV Avisen’s editorial staff can be sensed.
At the same time there are also dramaturgical changes. During the Gulf War the
supplementary broadcasts were presented in fixed succession in the news features. This fixed
structure was abandoned by TV Avisen during the War in Iraq, where an open-end structure
is applied. During the Gulf War the viewers met an authoritative structure, where the
newsreader took the viewer by the hand and informed them about the war’s progress. A
traditional news broadcast with a fixed dramaturgical curve. During the Iraq War the
narrative structures are flattened. The viewer is currently presented with updates and
“Breaking News”. This means that the drama, the live-aspect and the excitement of the
unknown become the motor of the broadcast. These things are obvious in the news tickers
but also in the treatment of visual material from outside and the participants’ language use.
We were also concerned with the treatment of telegrams and other sources. During the
Gulf War for example CNN functions as the main source of information. This uncritical
approach that is characterised/influenced by the fact that the material is provided in a
comparatively unedited state is evident during Iraq War, where the context of terror
presented by the Americans is imprinted. Similar to other discursive traits this terror context
is perceived to be an expression of an “invisible” influence by American contexts. These
changes can be explained both by technological developments and by the extension of the
influence of the media, which among other things has to do with the attacks on September,
11 th and their media coverage. It is thus evident in both broadcasts that TV Avisen’s
communication is unconsciously influenced by the stories planted by the American press
corps and their points of view. These are discursive tendencies that partly confirm aspects of
both Virilio’s “total war” and Baudrillards “virtual war”. The war is going on.