News Values
Read Media Factsheet 76: News Values and complete the following questions/tasks. 1) 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? The daily mail "Asylum: you're right to worry" - this is likely to gain prominent coverage as this headline suggests that asylum seekers pose a threat to the community and sets up ideas of conflict. It creates fear of the outsider and immigrants. 2) What is gatekeeping? Gatekeeping is the process of filtering information prior to dissemination. This process is usually done via the editor, but the gatekeeping process could be seen to be more than simply an editor choosing one story over another, it could also refer to how journalist select certain lines of questioning, or use some words over others to describe people and event. In general, gatekeeping is about opening or closing the channels of communication an...
