News Values Flashcards
Who came up with news values?
Gatlung and Ruge
What is Recency?
Demands that a newsworthy event should have happened within the last 24 hours
What is Proximity?
News consisting of items that relate to that nation and contain references to ‘shared’ beliefs.
What is Threshold?
An event must be of a certain size to be considered newsworthy.
What is Negativity?
News is what disrupts the ‘normal’
What is Predictability?
If the media expect some type of event, it will be reported as having occurred e.g book/film releases.
What is Unexpectedness?
News is thought to consist of the unexpected.
What is Continuity?
A dramatic story that is going to “roll” over an undetermined period of time, attractive to editorial teams.
What is Unambiguity?
Not needing subtle interpretation even if it fits into a complex situation e.g war.
What is Composition?
News fits into editors sense of the balance of the whole page - layout,
What is Personalisation?
Events are seen as the actions of individuals.
What is Narrativisation?
Items are called ‘stories’: news is a matter of fitting unknown facts into narratives.
What are Visual Imperatives?
Stories which have strong visual elements, attractive to broadcasters.
What are Elite Nations?
News coverage tends to focus on events occurring within the ‘first world’.
What are Elite Persons?
Famous individuals/those with more important jobs are more newsworthy.
What is Realism?
A style of presentation that claims to portray ‘real life’ accurately and authentically.
What is Anchorage?
The words that accompany an image, directing the audience to interpret an image in a particular way. ‘Closed’ text compared to ‘open’ text.
What is Gatekeeping?
Deciding what information is and isn’t released - newspaper editors are gatekeepers.
What is Mediation?
The way in which a media text is constructed in order to represent a version of reality: selection, organisation and focus - mediate between us and the ‘real life’ event.
