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:
Consequence - Effects on individuals or community
Prominence - The well-known or famous
Novelty - The unusual or emotional
Conflict - Tension or surprise
Progress - Triumph or achievement
Disaster - Defeat or destruction
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?
The story they used was "British servicewomen died after afghan bomb blast". it is quite negative and local and therefore it may attract an audience.
3) What is gatekeeping?
Gatekeeping is filtering information prior to dissemination. This process is usually done via the editor, but the gatekeeping process could be seen to be more than simply an editor choosing one story over another.
4) What are the six ways bias can be created in news?
Bias by photos,captions and camera angles
Bias through the use of names and titles
Bias by choice of words
Bias through selection and omission
Bias through placement
Bias by headline
5) How have online sources such as Twitter, bloggers or Wikileaks changed the way news is selected and published?
These sources offers a route for different people to get to news stories that may have been edited before being accounted for. The way that Wikileaks just distributes crude material detours news esteems, in any case, this data is passed on to news establishments who will utilise the data for their own news plan.
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? They are reliable and usually get the information
What does it say about how news is being produced? It is produced from the data from twitter where people are going to twitter to share their experiences.
What role does the audience have in this process?
Why might this be a problem for journalistic standards? It is a problem for them as it is going to be harder to obtain news from people that have important information.
7) In your opinion, how has the digital age changed Galtung and Ruge’s news values?
Actually, I think it has transformed due to the evolution of technology and how rapidly we can get news through different ways. In any case, it has additionally remained equivalent to a portion of the news esteems can at present be connected despite the fact that news is being appropriated in an unexpected way.
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.
The two news values I would pick is balance and visual impact . I think there isn't much adjust to the media and a large portion of the post are ending up increasingly negative on the grounds that individuals are pulled in to it. This is because that it is so natural to distribute news stories through online networking. Visual effect has been influenced positively.
Consequence - Effects on individuals or community
Prominence - The well-known or famous
Novelty - The unusual or emotional
Conflict - Tension or surprise
Progress - Triumph or achievement
Disaster - Defeat or destruction
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?
The story they used was "British servicewomen died after afghan bomb blast". it is quite negative and local and therefore it may attract an audience.
3) What is gatekeeping?
Gatekeeping is filtering information prior to dissemination. This process is usually done via the editor, but the gatekeeping process could be seen to be more than simply an editor choosing one story over another.
4) What are the six ways bias can be created in news?
Bias by photos,captions and camera angles
Bias through the use of names and titles
Bias by choice of words
Bias through selection and omission
Bias through placement
Bias by headline
5) How have online sources such as Twitter, bloggers or Wikileaks changed the way news is selected and published?
These sources offers a route for different people to get to news stories that may have been edited before being accounted for. The way that Wikileaks just distributes crude material detours news esteems, in any case, this data is passed on to news establishments who will utilise the data for their own news plan.
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? They are reliable and usually get the information
What does it say about how news is being produced? It is produced from the data from twitter where people are going to twitter to share their experiences.
What role does the audience have in this process?
Why might this be a problem for journalistic standards? It is a problem for them as it is going to be harder to obtain news from people that have important information.
7) In your opinion, how has the digital age changed Galtung and Ruge’s news values?
Actually, I think it has transformed due to the evolution of technology and how rapidly we can get news through different ways. In any case, it has additionally remained equivalent to a portion of the news esteems can at present be connected despite the fact that news is being appropriated in an unexpected way.
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.
The two news values I would pick is balance and visual impact . I think there isn't much adjust to the media and a large portion of the post are ending up increasingly negative on the grounds that individuals are pulled in to it. This is because that it is so natural to distribute news stories through online networking. Visual effect has been influenced positively.
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