News value is extremely important to the journalism.
It determines how much prominence a news story is given by a media outlet, and the attention it is given by the audience.
News values are not universal and can vary widely between different cultures and different news services.
There are a variety of external and internal pressures influence journalists' decisions on which stories are covered, how issues are interpreted and the emphasis given to them.
The following two pictures illustrate the factors affecting news value:
Here is some additional information:
l Controversy
- Arguments/debates/charges/countercharges/fights ↑the value of news
l Usefulness
- Help the audience answer questions & solve problems in their daily lives
l Educational Value
- Make readers more knowledgeable rather than merely informed
l Weight
- The significance of a particular fact or event lies in its value with respect to other facts/events
l Magnitude
- Stories → perceived as sufficiently significant either in the numbers of people involved / in potential impact.
l Relevance
- Stories → issues, groups & nations perceived to be relevant to the audience.
Hopefully, we can all familiar with these factors!;)
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