Abstract
This study conducted an internet survey to clarify the differences in program directors’ and university students’ consciousness and attitudes toward how television documentaries represent the world. The data shows that program directors are more conscious of TV documentaries than university students, in that 1) audiences and narratives are taken into consideration when selecting the material to be filmed, and 2) the filming target influences their decision to broadcast. Program directors, unlike university students, have a tendency to 3) think that equity and neutrality are difficult to implement, and 4) accept the shooting method with which directors intervene when filming. These findings imply that, in order to foster literacy in television documentaries, it is important to: understand that documentaries represent the world, and further, understanding its similarity to news, the difficulty of fairness and neutrality, the relationship between the program director and the filming target, and the methods of expression.
