Tuesday 7 November 2017

News terminology

THRESHOLD: Bigger the impact the further the story reaches

UNEXPECTEDNESS: A story that is a surprise and shock

NEGATIVITY: A sad, unpositive story

ELITE PERSONS/PLACES: Important personal, hierarchy

UNAMBIGUOUS: Not a confusing, long-winded story (short & sweet)

PERSONALISATION: Telling of a personal story or experience

PROXIMITY: Stories more closer to home are more likely to be included

CONTINUITY/CURRENCY: Stories already in the news and tend to continue to be

                               "If it bleeds it leads"

Gatekeeping: Gatekeeping is a term which is applied to the editing and filtering process where decisions are made to let some information 'pass through' to the receiver (audience) and other information remains barred.

GALTUNG AND RUGE- News Values
In 1965 some media researchers analysed international news- findings led them to create news values

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