Funkcjonowanie newsów w przekazie telewizyjnym

The text is focused on the characteristics of news in daily TV programmes, such as the news or broadcasts on round-the-clock television (e.g. TVN 24). The author proposes a definition of news and tries to approach its intrinsic features in the Polish conditions, illustrating the discussion with examples. A full description on news (considering such problems as content and the most important characteristics) enables the systematisation of an event and an analysis of news in the Polish mass media.