Ideological views which can be influenced when writing
Gultung and Ruge = journalists who report news learn to follow certain rules and ideas based on what they believe (news values, many journalists are privately educated so may present right-wing views in their writing)
Bureaucratic news values
Current, simple, brief, big news is better than small news
Cultural news values
Unexpected, important to people, relevant to audience, bad news preferred to good
Journalists key practices - agenda setting
Journalists and editors control news agenda
news only becomes news when journalists select it > journalists select which angle to take when reporting > direct affect on how audience will perceive story
agenda setting may be unconscious > based on learned practices to attract audiences attention
Journalist practices - gatekeeping
Gans = news stories are like a gate, editors open it for some stories and closes it for others
Dutton argues editors filter news by choosing which stories to print
