NDM: News Values

NDM: News Values

2) Come up with a news story from the last 12 months for each of the categories suggested by Harriss, Leiter and Johnson:

·                     Conflict

Syrian war

·                     Progress

US election

·                     Disaster

Hurricane Matthew

·                     Consequence

Brexit

·                     Prominence 

US election

·                     Novelty

England manager sacked

3) What example news story does the Factsheet use to illustrate Galtung and Ruge's News Values? Why is it an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage?

An example news story in which the factsheet employs to signify Galtung and Ruge’s news values is the one of the British soldier getting killed. This affected the audience in which were British as this story relates to them it is appropriate story to use as it is linked with British culture and their views and ideologies.

4) What is gatekeeping?
Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered for dissemination, whether for publication, broadcasting, the Internet, or some other mode of communication.

5) What are the six ways bias can be created in news?

v  Selection and omission

v  Choice of words

v  Headline

v  Photos, captions, and camera angles

v  Placement

v  Through use of names and titles

6) How have online sources such as Twitter, bloggers or Wikileaks changed the way news is selected and published?

There are many ways in how online sources such as twitter and Wikileaks   have changed the way in which news is selected. These online sources allow news to be published without being looked at professionally in terms of regulations.

7) Give an example of a news story from the last 12 months that was reported as a result of online technology - Twitter, Wikileaks or similar.

The video of the black people being killed by the police.

8) Complete the task on the last page of the Factsheet regarding Sky News and Twitter:

·                     What does this reveal about how Sky views Twitter as a news source?

There are more individuals who are more likely to publish something on new and digital media than give to a big institution.

·                     What does it say about how news is being produced?

This showcases that there are a small amount of professionals producing news. Audiences will most likely to go online to consume their news. This is due to rise of people taking the news into their own hand. This is called citizen journalism.

·                     What role does the audience have in this process?

The role that audiences have is that they have the freedom to decide where to consume their news whether the online or on traditions TV News bulletins.

·                     Why might this be a problem for journalistic standards?

The reason why this would be a problem for journalists’ standards is that quality of news will be questioned due to the accuracy of some news such as citizen journalism. Someone might only show a few seconds and not the whole video.

Final tasks

9) In your opinion, how has new and digital media technology changed Galtung and Ruge’s news values? 
 In my opinion Galtung and Ruge’s news values is essential as showcases how news stories of published. It has changed in order to support the way news is delivered online compared to the BBC News.

10) How would you update them for 2016? Choose FOUR of Galtung and Ruge's news values and say how each one has been affected by the growth of new and digital technology.

Immediacy

There is no need to go through a long process in order to present the news.

Familiarity

An example news story in which the factsheet employs to signify Galtung and Ruge’s news values is the one of the British soldier getting killed. This affected the audience in which were British as this story relates to them it is appropriate story to use as it is linked with British culture and their views and ideologies.

Elite nations and people

This will indicate the news will travel faster online such as the US election and the incidents that have occurred during that.

Frequency

News with frequent stories such as black people in the USA covers a lot of the news due to citizen journalism.