Employing Smart Phone Technologies in TV Production in Jordan: A Survey

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which smart phone technologies are used in Jordan's television production process. In order to carry out this study, the researchers relied on the survey approach, employing a questionnaire as astudy tool. Workers in Jordan's governmental and private television production sectors, represented by Jordan Radio and Television Corporation, AlMamlaka Channel, private satellite channels and television production businesses comprised the study population. The study found that smart phone technologies significantly reduced the cost, time and effort involved in the process of producing TV programming and that the three applications most commonly utilized in the TV production process in the study sample were the Open Camera application with a rate of (15.4%), the Cinema 4K application with a percentage of (14.8%), and the Adobe-premiere application with a percentage of (14.1%), whereas the three most commonly used templates or software forms in the TV production process in the study sample were for the feature (highlighting) with a percentage of (27.5%), followed by "documentary films" with a percentage of (19.7%), and "TV reports" with a percentage of (18.3%). The study recommends the necessity of creating special units for television production through smart phones for Jordanian satellite channels and television corproductions.