NDM: News Values

1) Conflict: Syrian War
Progress: Brexit Aftermath
Disaster: Earthquake in Italy
Consequence: Sam  Allardyce a former England manager has been sacked due to price fixing of players
Prominence: American Presidential Elections (Dependent on view point) 
Novelty:  Facebook needs an editor

2) The example used to display Galtung and Ruge's News Values was with the british Servicewoman who was killed in the bomb blast located at Afghanistan. This was considered newsworthy as although it is located at Afghanistan, the victim that had died from the blast is British. This would therefore give the story a cultural connection with the audience. As well as that it can also be argued there is an aspect of shock factor in this story. This would be because of the mention of the second servicewoman who would've died. This might also be significant as it would be surprising for the readers that a bomb disposal member would've died as they aren't normally associated with the death toll since they would be known for disarming bombs.

3) Gatekeeping is the process that would filter out any news items that would be considered not "newsworthy" and instead would keep the stories that may align with their agenda or political position.  As well as personal agenda, it would also be used to filter out any content inappropriate to the audience that the content is being distributed to so that it is safe for for the audience to consume.

4) It has been highlighted that there are six ways in which bias can be news.

• Bias through selection and omission: As previously mentioned in gatekeeping, this would represent bias by choosing which stories are to be in the news as they would be considered "newsworthy" for their suggested audience.

• Bias through placement: This would be considered bias because it would determine where on the paper the story would be. Most of the stories that might catch a readers attention or one that is controversial. Although stories that aren't going to entice readers would be the placed somewhere in the middle or maybe last.

• Bias by headline: This would be bias as it might use language that only readers of that newspaper might want to hear. An example of this would be a newspaper that would be left-wing. Most of the headlines would then have to align with their needs by simply having it.

• Bias by photos, captions and camera angles: Newspaper outlets might also use photos that would place a certain perspective on the topic. This could either have a positive or negative impact on the topic or person.

• Bias through names and titles: Even the choice of name would also have the reader assume that they know who they are talking about. Since they would choose these people for their article then that would mean that the target audience would know who it is.

•  Bias by choice of words: Even the choice of words can be considered as bias. The wording of the article could also have the same effect as the photos in the sense that it could have a positive or negative effect on the topic. Although it does depend on the stance of the news outlet.

5) These media outlets allow the audience/people gain access and freedom over news they want to here from, that may have been mediated for censored prior. This is because news used to be the dominant factor over its audience, whatever they produces their audience consumed. However, the digital ages has allowed news that was censored to give that freedom t the audience who deem it important compared to mediated version. In other words, it gives the audience the true perspective of the story rather than being edited and been shown a specific angle.

6) There was a video that was captured using Facebook's latest feature 'Facebook live' which allowed a black woman to record her husband being shot in a car by a police officer. She captured the entire scene and it was used as evidence in court. This was a coverage that wouldn't have been world news as it would have likely to have been sealed in American doors and the whole world would have forgotten about police brutality. 

7) It shows how dominant the social media platforms are on the audience. If news were to ever break, we (the audience) view it on a social media site like Twitter as that is the most convenient and efficient way of receiving news than compared to Sky as they have to spend hours of filing and checking their facts before publishing their articles, and audience acknowledge that. 

8) This effect in tern has changed the role of journalists. In the 21st century we (the audience) are now experiencing a range of citizen journalism being reported to news. Citizens who report the news are effectively replacing the journalists in the news industry as the news is being solved before someone has to go out and solve it themselves. 

9) The audience have gained a more significant role ever since the digital age rose. It has given the audience the most power, and the institutions have lower power. There is a power reversal where it is no longer the audience being passive and consuming the news, but institutions are the ones consuming the audiences news and reporting it.  

10) Quality. It is said that citizen journalism brings with it a lot of pros to the industry and to news in  general. However, it seems to have brought along many cons, many of which is the loss of quality for news. Previously, news was very top quality report, file checks and numerous hours of source checking to ensure that all data is accurate for the audiences to consume. However this 'new' story telling has lost that quality, shaky footage and screaming really draws the attention away from news as it is not what news is.

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8) The introduction of the digital age upon news industries is something that has effected the news values to a great extent. The way in which audiences receive these stories effects every one of the factors that contribute to news story-telling. Things like, immediacy has become irrelevant (to a somewhat large extent). This is because as soon as news is broken by a citizen, social media and the WWW all con tribute to help deliver this piece to as many audiences as possible and it generally comes across really fast. Audiences don't have to look for news, news will be given to them like that.

9) Immediacy- news no longer creates the sense of 'need' amongst audience member. The internet has taken that immediate need away, and whenever there is a news story to be consumed, it will find its way to the audience.

Unambiguity- citizen journalism has created the sense of 'the unknown'. We don't quite understand what's going on and why we are being shown this, it is a story that is kept (often) behind closed doors and creates a sense of anonymous[sy]. 

Balance- Often when a  news story is to be told, their is a twist and a turn to which and how the story is told. It isn't the original core story and therefore has been mediated to a large extent. Now, thanks to the internet, we have the audiences to argue this change. They may know the bitter truth that audiences are hiding through their titles, their wording or even their views. The digital era has opened to doors for the audiences to fight back and they are no longer passive.