News Values:
In this research task, I will be explaining
the news values that news rooms use to select news stories to be covered in the
media.
1: Threshold/ Impact/ Amplitude: This news
value refers to the measurement of importance and impact a news story will have
on the audience. For example, news about
a law that makes it illegal to smoke completely will possibly be more important
and have a bigger impact on the audience, than news on the health effects of
smoking. This means that, in news the bigger the news the better.
2: Negativity: This news values refers to
how bad news is good news. For example, news on the death of civilians in a
natural disaster may have a better news value, than news on how much money a
movie made. This is because, good news is considered ordinary and taken for
granted, while bad news like catastrophes, plays with feelings, thus is cared
about more by the public.
3: Timelessness/ continutity: This news value refers to news that is budding on the surface of all news. For example, news that is currently constantly covered by most news agencies is the Syrian refugees travelling to Europe. Such news is generally more news worthy, because it relates to the time right now.
4: Familiarity/ proximity/ closeness: This news value refers to how proximate news is to an audience. For example, there was news on Sky news radio that talked about a women that had acid thrown on her by two suspected brother in Southampton. This means that, this paticular news would be more news worthy to those living in Southhampton, than to those living in Manchester. This is because, that paticular news is closer and thus more relevant to those living in Southampton, than to those living in Manchester.
5: Prominence: This news refers to the appearance of important people in the news. For example, news about David Cameron will be more news worthy than an ordinary citizen on the news. This is perhaps because, people that are generally in the public eye ten to be more news worthy.
6: Conflict: This news value refers to news that features conflict, that can either be between poeple or things. For example, news about war between a country will possibly be more newsworthy, than news about
3: Timelessness/ continutity: This news value refers to news that is budding on the surface of all news. For example, news that is currently constantly covered by most news agencies is the Syrian refugees travelling to Europe. Such news is generally more news worthy, because it relates to the time right now.
4: Familiarity/ proximity/ closeness: This news value refers to how proximate news is to an audience. For example, there was news on Sky news radio that talked about a women that had acid thrown on her by two suspected brother in Southampton. This means that, this paticular news would be more news worthy to those living in Southhampton, than to those living in Manchester. This is because, that paticular news is closer and thus more relevant to those living in Southampton, than to those living in Manchester.
5: Prominence: This news refers to the appearance of important people in the news. For example, news about David Cameron will be more news worthy than an ordinary citizen on the news. This is perhaps because, people that are generally in the public eye ten to be more news worthy.
6: Conflict: This news value refers to news that features conflict, that can either be between poeple or things. For example, news about war between a country will possibly be more newsworthy, than news about
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