Newspapers: News Values
1) Come up with a news story from the last 12 months for each of the categories suggested by Harriss, Leiter and Johnson: Conflict Tension or surprise American Election Progress Triumph or achievement Vaccine rollout Disaster Defeat or destruction 3rd lockdown Consequence Effects on individuals or community Covid: Surge testing in Ealing and Redbridge after South African coronavirus variant identified Prominence The well-known or famous Prince Philip transferred to second hospital for heart condition tests Novelty The unusual or emotional 2) What example news story does the Factsheet use to illustrate Galtung and Ruge's News Values? Why is it an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage? 3) What is gatekeeping? Gatekeeping is the process of filtering information prior to dissemination. This process is usually done via the editor, but the gatekeeping the process could be seen to be more than simply an editor choosing one story over anot...