News values

Question 1

What are the 15 Traditional News Values?

Answer 1

Exclusivity, conflict, surprise, audio visuals, shareability, entertainment, Drama, follow-ups, The power-elite, relevance, magnitude, celebrity, good news, News organisations Agendas

( Harcup and oneill)

Question 2

What are the Alternative systems- Commercial News Values?

Answer 2

Relevance
Topicality
Composition
Expectation
Unusualness
Worth
External influences – eg proprietor agenda

(Paul Brighton , and Dennis Foy (2008))

Question 3

What Did Sigurd Allen Suggest about Harcup and Oneill’s News Values?

Answer 3

• They are traditional News Values, there exists a supplementary set or competing set of commercial News Values.
  Competition
  Geographical area of coverage
  Newsroom budgets
  (More resource required = less likely to happen
  More journalistic the source = more likely to get covered
  More selectively distributed = more likely to get covered
  Sensationalist stories will be prioritized at titles that major on this)