News value Flashcards
1
Q
How would you define News Values?
A
Its perceived newsworthiness
- Based on perceived interest of audience (sales, clicks etc)
2
Q
How did Galtung and Ruge (1965) define News value?
A
“A conceptual framework used within journalism to describe the gatekeeping practices of the mainstream news media”
3
Q
What are some examples that Galtung and Ruge (1965) suggest for criteria news must fit?
A
- Frequency
- Threshold
- Continuity
- Unexpectedness
- Meaningfulness
- Negativity
- Elite people
- Unambiguity
- Compositional balance
4
Q
What are Jewkes (2011) 12 contemporary News Values?
A
- Simplification
- Predictability
- threshold
- Individualism
- Risk
- Sex
- Proximity
- Children
- Visual spectacle & Graphic imagery
- Celebrities/high status
- Conservative ideologies/ Political diversion
