What Makes Something Newsworthy
- Created by: thomasofee
- Created on: 17-11-20 09:47
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- What makes something "newsworthy"?
- Frequency - If the event happened at a regular interval and there is time to place it in the news it is more likely to be included
- Proximity - If the event relates to the British/UK culture then consumers are more likely to relate
- The elite and powerful - if the event relates to the wealthy or high status people it is more likely to be included
- Familiarity - Where events are connected with people or places near to where people live they are more likely to be reported
- Negativity - Bad news is considered to be more newsworthy than good news
- Unexpected - If an event is out of the ordinary it will have greater effect
- Unambiguity - if implications are made clear they make for better news
- Personalisation - Events can be portrayed as the actions of one good individual and one bad individual
- Meaningfullness - the sense of identification the audience has with the topic
- Conflict - Where groups and individuals clash resulting in dramatic effect
- Consonance - Stories that fit with the media's expectations
- Continuity - A story that is already in the news gathers a following of interest
- Composition - The media is competitive and so each company is competing for the most popular story
- Elite and powerful nations - Stories with powerful global groups are more likely to get coverage
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