topic 3: selection of presentation of the news

Question 1

news value

Answer 1

general guidelines or criteria that determine the worth of a news story and how much air time it is given by newspapers or broadcast media

Question 2

brighton & foy

Answer 2

suggest that news values are often intangible, informal, almost unconscious elements

Question 3

AO3: Galtung & Ruge

Answer 3

not clear if they apply it to todays media

Question 4

what are pluralists view on news value?

Answer 4

they believe they are of critical importance; newspaper owers are under great commerical pressure to increase audiences to make money in sale

Question 5

davies - churnalism

Answer 5

journalists no longer undertake investigative, active news gathering, rather they churn out stories prepared by press, agencies, spin doctors etc

Question 6

phillips

Answer 6

argues that reporters are often asked to rewrite stories that have appeared in other newspapers or on BBC / sky news

Question 7

Messner & Distato

Answer 7

found that US journalists often quote bloggers who derive their information from unconfirmed sources

Question 8

Benson

Answer 8

use of the new media for sources may not be that revolutionary because those using the internet and apps to consumer news are mainly using the websites of traditional newspapers

Question 9

McQuail

Answer 9

argues that news is not objective or impartial, not all events become news and those chosen are the end result of a selective process by gatekeepers

Question 10

what are the 3 news selection influences?

Answer 10

1. the news value held by a particular media organisation
2. organisations or bureaucratic constraints
3. ownerships of media news organisations