Crime and News values
- Created by: ecotts
- Created on: 03-04-18 12:27
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- Crime and News Values
- Threshold
- events have to be considered significant or dramatic to be in the news
- A single **** will make it into the newspaper but a serial ****** will make it into national news
- events have to be considered significant or dramatic to be in the news
- Proximity/ reference to elite nations
- Items that have cultural meanings or geographical closeness to media audiences
- Predictability
- Stories that are predictable are more likely to be covered as media can plan ahead
- Individualism /Personalisation
- Focus on the action of, or conflict between individuals, avoiding complex explanations
- Unambiguity
- Events that are easily understood and not too complicated, without the need of background info
- Graphic Images
- Events that have film footage, images are newsworthy as they provide dramatic portrayal for audiences
- Reference to elite persons
- Crime and deviance involving celebrities or important or powerful people are more newsworthy
- Children
- If offenders or victims they are seen as more newsworthy
- For example, Baby pete and Madiline McCan
- If offenders or victims they are seen as more newsworthy
- Sex
- Crime with sexual dimension, women as victims and especially involving famous people are newsworthy
- Harvey Weinsten is said to sexual harassed many actresses
- Crime with sexual dimension, women as victims and especially involving famous people are newsworthy
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