Selection and Presentation of the News

Question 1

Curran and Seaton

Answer 1

Cultural Pessimist & Neophiliac

Question 2

Bagdikian

Answer 2

Importance of ensuring that advertisers are not offended or alienated by any political or otherwise controversial messages in the news.

Question 3

Gans + Example

Answer 3

Editors are gate keepers - they decide what news is through agenda setting.
- Talking about the Covid-19 pandemic instead of BLM.

Question 4

Agenda Setting

Answer 4

Editors and media professionals decide what is news. The content presented will differ depending on the audience and the priorities of the corporation itself.

Question 5

Gate Keeping

Answer 5

Filtering process sometimes based on practical considerations (space on a page), political/cultural views or news values.

Question 6

Davies

Answer 6

Churnalism - in a fortnight in 1997, 80% of news stories simply reproduce well-drafted press releases rather than involve any journalism at all.

Question 7

Edwards and Cromwell

Answer 7

Advertisers didn’t want to feature next to pictures of the Iraq war (2003 - 2011) so newspapers published less serious images to get advertisers on board and sell more papers.

Question 8

Galtung and Ruge

Answer 8

News values - what makes something newsworthy.

• Elite Nations: The Royal Family - coronations, deaths.
• Able to be personalised: Includes human elements - news on [local] individuals.
• Proximity: BBC News has regional news channels + London Boroughs have their own newspapers. eg, Hackney Gazette & Newham Recorder.

Question 9

Jewkes

Answer 9

Additional news values: celebrity, graphic images and the involvement of children.

Question 10

Herman and Chomsky

Answer 10

Profit seeking corporations.

Question 11

Jones

Answer 11

The news does fairly reflect reality.

He researched radio news broadcasts and concluded that there was balanced, even-handed discussion of industrial disputes.