Personally i think that news values consit of the methods by which everyone is allowed to have their fair say on a topic or issue while not affecting the personal lives of people who are involved in the event.
Everything that is of importance to the public should be reported with all sides of a political discourse having their ideals and opinions fairly represented therefore no body should ever be stopped from sharing their views on a story or be forced out of a debate as that it is up to the public to make up their own minds about issues and formulate a response. If everyone is allowed to speak then unpopular opinions will not be as widely held as that they could be properly condemned.
Some topics are seen as more important than others do to the amount of potentially revenue that they can bring into a publication instead of the amount of people it may affect.
Gultang and Ruge (1965)
- Frequency
How often something is in the news.
A good example of a large amount of frequency would be that of Donald Trump's presidency. For months as of march 2017 Trump has occupied the news every day for months and importantly not always regarding his presidency or politics.
Below is an example of a news article not regarding Trumps politics but building of of the audiences pre-established interest of him:
- Threshold
The amount of superlatives or clear hyperbole of statement
Hyperbole refers to an exudation made to capture attention
This generally appears on the front pages of newspapers that use sensationalist methods to attract audiences.
- Unambiguity
The exact facts that make up the story (A MAN AGED 26 HAS SHOT 3 DEFENCELESS ELDERS!)
Complete unambiguity can be seen in this article:
Drones are seen as an increasingly popular method for smuggling drugs and mobile phones into prisons, but having prison staff bring in contraband is also an effective route for prisoners.
A conversation with a prison inmate about football led James Almond to break the law himself.The then prison worker was chatting about his favourite team Manchester United, when the prisoner he was speaking to suddenly asked him to bring in mobile phones, which are banned behind bars.
"He kept asking daily, and become aggressive with things he'd say," Almond says.
This was in 2014 when he was employed at Stocken Prison in Rutland.
The 33-year-old eventually agreed to bring phones in, and did so for a number of weeks before being caught, ending up in jail himself.
As can be seen here all of the facts are laid out explicitly straight away in the first few lines of the story.
- Meaningfully and newsworthiness
This article certainly appeals to a ABC1 Audience who is politically aware.
I found it interesting due to the volatile nature of relations between Left wing Germany and Right wing America in the past few months.
- Consonance
Agreement of ideology
This means that people are most likely to consume news from sources that they agree with.
For example when consuming news about the proposed second Scottish Independence referendum (which i disagree with) i would be likely to read an article that has the same outlook as me on the topic rather than one which would force me to question my own beliefs and challenge myself as that the first offers comfortable reassurance.
- unexpectedness
unexpectedness refers to headlines and stories that are so out of the ordinary that they warrant the time that they take to read about them. For example the election or this story from the telegraph website:
- Reference to elites
This refers to:
Politicians
The royal families
Musicians
Actors
Reality TV stars
Local celebrates
sporting personalities
local government officials
- Personalisation
If one values personalisation then that means that a journalist tries the link the article to the audience through the use of techniques such as
Emotive language
Rhetorical questions.
- Negativity.
People find negative news much more valuable than the positive.
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