7. Newsworthiness

Question 1

Social world

Answer 1

that view of the world that is socially derived based on social indicators (versus objective reality)

Question 2

agenda-building / setting

Answer 2

which topics appear in media / which events are selected

Question 3

frame-building / setting

Answer 3

how are topics presented / is there a bias in presentation

Question 4

frequency

Answer 4

daily news needs daily events (versus social trends)

Question 5

treshold

Answer 5

great intensity of event

Question 6

unambiguity

Answer 6

straightforward news

Question 7

consonance

Answer 7

in line with prediction of newspaper

Question 8

meaningfulness

Answer 8

culturally similar (There are Dutch on that cruise ship!!)

Question 9

continuity

Answer 9

once an event becomes a headline it stays a headline

Question 10

unexpectedness

Answer 10

the rarer the better

Question 11

impact of digital media on politics

Answer 11

the impact of digital media on politics is limited. mainly bread-and-butter issues.

twitter is the only exception, because political interested use it a lot, it can help get you into the news.

Question 12

Spin (as in spin doctors)

Answer 12

the attempts of politicians to influence the news.

Question 13

classic communication methods spin doctors

Answer 13

government / party announcements

reacting to government / party announcements

publicizing speeches, interviews and articles

reacting to these speeches, interviews and articles

reacting to breaking news events

Question 14

What do spin doctors do

Answer 14

overall strategy is to stay on the message and influencing the news agenda. They make use of a re- and pre-buttal

Question 15

prebuttal

Answer 15

you prepare for something you see coming

Question 16

news feeding

Answer 16

drive the news agenda

Question 17

kite flying

Answer 17

dropping an idea in the media and see how people react (testing the water)

Question 18

how can spin doctors influence who is popular

Answer 18

through building up a personality and undermining a personality

Question 19

Spin doctors can also influence the journalists

Answer 19

through the ‘white commonwealth’ (punish some journalist while rewarding others by giving them access) and bullying / intimidation. Also influencing timing with milking stories, throwing out bodies and laundering.

rewards and bullying / milking stories and laundering

Question 20

Laundering

Answer 20

bringing out the good with the bad information

Question 21

Media bias

Answer 21

media coverage that deviates from a certain predefined yardstick. This can be article-level / media-outlet level or aggregate level.

Question 22

types of bias

Answer 22

distortion

filtering

Question 23

bias type distortion

Answer 23

something happens in the world and this is converted by a certain frame

Question 24

bias type filtering

Answer 24

something is not shown or shown later

Question 25

types of bias 2

Answer 25

explicit and implicit

Question 26

explicit bias

Answer 26

using the frame

Question 27

implicit bias

Answer 27

covering the issues