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
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Progress
US election
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Disaster
Hurricane Matthew
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Consequence
Brexit
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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.
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:
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.
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.
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