selecting and presenting the news

• What are the practical constraints that influence the news?

  Time, space, and money
• How is news typically presented to the public?

  As factual and objective reporting
• What influences the selection of stories for news coverage?

  Strict deadlines and practical constraints
• Why do time constraints affect news reporting?

  They prioritize easily available stories
• What do editors and journalists rely on for news stories?

  Contacts they use repeatedly
• What is a 'news diary' in news organizations?

  A schedule of regular events for coverage
• How do technical constraints influence news reporting?

  They determine where reporters can go
• What is a significant factor in the cost of news stories?

  Where reporters are already located
• How do news agencies influence news content?

  They provide stories that are cheaper to produce
• What role does competition play in news selection?

  It drives editors to choose popular stories
• What is a common practice for celebrities and politicians regarding news?

  Issuing press releases
• How can stories be affected by space constraints?

  They may need to shrink to fit available space
• Who argued that news is manufactured, not discovered?

  Cohen & Young
• What are news values according to Galtung and Ruge?

  Rules and ideas journalists follow
• What is a bureaucratic news value regarding news content?

  News should be current and simple
• What do cultural news values emphasize?

  News should be unexpected and relevant
• What is agenda setting in journalism?

  Controlling which stories are reported
• How does agenda setting affect audience perception?

  It influences how stories are perceived
• Who described the concept of gatekeeping in news selection?

  Gans
• What does gatekeeping refer to in journalism?

  Deciding which stories to feature
• What did the Glasgow University Media Group study focus on?

  Coverage of workplace strikes
• What was a finding of the Glasgow University Media Group regarding news bias?

  Coverage favored dominant class values
• How was management treated in the media coverage of strikes?

  They received more media access than strike leaders
• What bias was found in the filming and editing of news?

  It favored the police viewpoint
• What is the significance of the GUMG's work?

  It demonstrates bias in news reporting
• Why is the perception of news as objective important?

  It affects how people believe the news
• What do media sociologists agree on regarding news?

  It is socially constructed
• What do pluralists believe about practical constraints in news?

  They are more significant than ideological bias
• How does new media affect news selection?

  People click on interesting headlines
• How do Marxists view journalistic values?

  As part of the dominant ruling class ideology
• What role does audience interactivity play in news selection?

  It influences story selection and presentation
• What is citizen journalism?

  The public reporting news events
• How has social media impacted citizen journalism?

  It allows rapid sharing of news stories
• What is a potential downside of citizen journalism?

  It can present rumors as facts
• How do journalists make assumptions about their audience?

  By using news values to frame stories
• What influences the public interest according to journalists?

  Politicians and business interests
• How can advertisers influence news content?

  By threatening to damage media profits
• What did Edwards and Cromwell find regarding advertisers and war coverage?

  Advertisers suppressed images of the Iraq War
• What is the role of the Press Complaints Commission?

  To monitor standards and handle complaints
• What was the outcome of the Leveson Inquiry?

  Recommended a new regulatory body for the press