Week 2

Question 1

characteristics of populists

Answer 1

• Against immigrants
• Against EU/internationalism
• Exploit fear for “the other” and sense of loss
• Speak on behalf of “the people”
• Against “the elite”
• Neo-populism – against “the other”

Question 2

features of populist communication style

Answer 2

• Simplistic – simple solutions, no nuance/compromise
• Extremist
• Opportunistic – take a ‘hot’ issue position, relate to the people

Question 3

Eilders (2006): newsworthiness has (evolutionary) psychological roots
7 news values:

Answer 3

1. Personification / human interest
2. Negativity
3. Elites / celebrities
4. Impact and relevance
5. Controversy / conflict
6. Proximity
7. Continuity

Question 4

conclusion Boukes ‘A general pattern in the construction of economic newsworthiness? Analyzing news factors in popular, quality, regional, and financial newspapers ‘article

Answer 4

News value importance differs between news types

- Newsworthiness is not universal, differs between organizations/audiences

Question 5

definiton framing

Answer 5

To frame is [emphasize] some aspects of a perceived reality and [..] to promote a particular problem definition, causal interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation for the item described

Question 6

• Representative deviance

Answer 6

people see the deviant (news) as representative

Question 7

Which 2 functions do frames serve journalists?

Answer 7

(1) it operates like a powerful search engine as journalists go out in search for stories that fit the frame, (2) news frames provide meaning to events (heroes and villains frame)

Question 8

why are stories culturally biased?

Answer 8

(1) because of the journalist’s ethnic background and biases, (2) they depend almost exclusively on American sources, (3) stories are designed for the American audience, (4) when journalists start to construct a story, they never start with a clean slate