News Values

Check point 1: How would you prioritise these news values?

Check point 2: What is gatekeeping?

Gatekeepers are primarlily the editos who are responsible for selecting and ordering the news broadcasts or selecting and planning the newspaper layout.

Check point 3: What do we mean by bias?

Bias is the influence of a person's attitudes, beliefs or background, writers photographers and editors even before the gatekeeping process.

*[Galtung and Ruge]*

Frequency:

"Points were 'immediate cause' of train crash"Friday's fatal derailment in Cumbria, as Network Rail apologised for the accident. A woman was killed and 11 people seriously injured when a high speed Virgin Pendolino service between London and Glasgow came off the tracks at Grayrigg.

Threshold:

Baby, this isn't working for meMadeleine Bunting on how British women are forced to choose between children and a career.

Unambiguity:
Professional rugby players should receive mandatory vaccinations for hepatitis B before embarking on a sporting career, to reduce the chance of spreading the disease, scientists said yesterday. scientific facts.

Meaningfulness:

The Guardian, the Observer, the Daily Mirror, the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday have been shortlisted for the newspaper of the year award at the British Press Awards. By Stephen Brook.

Consonance:

"24 viewers suspect conspiracy" It's a curious turn of events that would have conspiracy theorists foaming at the mouth. Just as the bitter row between BSkyB and Virgin Media over whether the cable network will show Sky One after Wednesday reaches a critical endgame, Virgin viewers encountered problems with the channel last night.

Unexpectedness:

A judge today attacked the use of victim impact statements in courtrooms, saying they misled families into believing they could influence sentencing decisions.

Continuity:

"ITN rapped over Blair praying report" ITV News has been censured by Ofcom after it admitted that some aspects of a report it broadcast about Tony Blair talking about praying and God in relation to the Iraq war were "wrong".

Composition:

Xfm is to launched a MySpace-style music site that allows unsigned bands to promote their music

Reference to elite nations:

A slew of solid earnings and a rebound on Wall Street helped the FTSE 100 edge higher in early trading on Thursday, but markets remained jittery following two days of steep losses.

Reference to elite persons:

Skysays DTI has got it wrong BSkyB has accused the government of contradicting its own rules

Negativity:

One person was killed today when a 100mph train struck a car on a level crossing. The accident happened at Swainsthorpe in Norfolk, about five miles south of Norwich, and the person who died was in the car.