Monday 9 March 2020

Newspaper: News Values

1) Come up with a news story from the last 12 months for each of the categories suggested by Harriss, Leiter and Johnson:
Conflict - North Korea fires at least 3 unidentified projectiles, South Korean military says
Progress - China's aggressive measures have slowed the Coronavirus
Disaster - Coronavirus: Italy in 'massive shock therapy' pledge to offset virus impact
Consequence - Economic impact of coronavirus outbreak deepens
Prominence - Katy Perry's heartbreak as grandma dies days after announcing pregnancy
Novelty - Natwest hole in the wall joins Derbyshire town's Tripadvisor top attractions list

2) What example news story does the Factsheet use to illustrate Galtung and Ruge's News Values? Why is it an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage?
  • Asylum: You're right to worry
  • This story would gain coverage as it talks about immigration and the negative perspective on asyluim seekers which is a popluar story in the UK

3) What is gatekeeping?
  • Gatekeeping relates to the process of filtering information prior to dissemination. 


4) What are the six ways bias can be created in news?
  • How bias is created: 
  • Bias through selection and omission
  • Bias through placement
  • Bias by headline
  • Bias by photos, captions, and camera angles
  • Bias through use of names and titles
  • Bias by choice of words


5) How have online sources such as Twitter, bloggers or Wikileaks changed the way news is selected and published?
  • They arent from actual journalists, they are from regular internet users who share what they please.

6) Complete the task on the last page of the Factsheet regarding Sky News and Twitter:

What does this reveal about how Sky views Twitter as a news source?
  • It views it as a reliable and powerful news source.

What does it say about how news is being produced?
  • It relies on the power of the audience and what they would like to show 

What role does the audience have in this process?
  • A very powerful role as they have control over news outlets 

Why might this be a problem for journalistic standards?
  • They could be made redundant.


7) In your opinion, how has the digital age changed Galtung and Ruge’s news values?
The digital age has meant more values arent as reliable on audiences.


8) How would you update them for 2018? Choose TWO of Galtung and Ruge's news values and say how they have been affected by the growth of digital technology.
Unexpectedness: Social media can retrieve news a lot faster than news outlets.
Clarity or lack of ambiguity: Fake news clashes with the clarity and reliability

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