Newspapers - News Values

Question 1

Negativity

Answer 1

Bad news involving death, tragedy,damage etc

Always rated above positive stories such as the royal wedding

Question 2

Closeness to home / proximity

Answer 2

Audiences relate more to stories that are close to them geographically or that involve people from their country

Question 3

Recency

Answer 3

Revealing stories as they happen

Question 4

Currency

Answer 4

Stories that have been in the public eye for some time - Madeline McCann

Question 5

Continuity

Answer 5

Events that are likely to have an ongoing impact (war)

High value when released

Question 6

Uniqueness

Answer 6

Any story that covers unusual events

‘Man bites dog’ rather than vice versa

Question 7

Simplicity

Answer 7

Easy to explain

An obvious but true story

Question 8

Personality

Answer 8

Centres around a person

Human interest idea

Question 9

Expectedness (predictability)

Answer 9

An event that was expected to happen
Can confirm preconceived ideas
Important news value

Question 10

Elite nations or people

Answer 10

Covers important, powerful nation (UK, USA rather than a poor country)

Question 11

Exclusivity

Answer 11

First to release a story

Rates newspaper highly

Question 12

Size

Answer 12

The bigger the impact of the story, the higher it’s value