What factors affect how news is selected and presented?
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- Created on: 20-05-13 19:19
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- What factors affect how news is selected and presented?
- Agenda Setting
- This refers to the way the news focus public attention on particular topics or issues.
- They tell us what the important and relevant issues are at any moment in time.
- Norm Referencing.
- The way in which the news media outline the acceptable boundaries of behaviour.
- The behaviour and views of some groups are presented positively or negatively.
- Through nor referencing, the mass media have the power to shape public opinion.
- News Values
- The media operates by a set of values about what is considered newsworthy.
- Events, issues and personalities they think their audience will find interesting.
- The media operates by a set of values about what is considered newsworthy.
- The Profit Motive
- News papers exist as businesses and operate to make a profit.
- Press gatekeepers will considers possible stories in terms of whether they are likely to achieve big circulations.
- Advertisers
- Advertisements in the press have an influence over content in so far they could withdraw their business if they disagree with a paper's stand on a particular issue.
- The State and Legal Constraints on Content.
- Complaints about media content are handled by the British Office of Communication (Ofcom).
- The media are subject to laws against libel which prevents the publication of false statements which could ruin a person's reputation.
- Agenda Setting
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