social construction of news

    Cards (3)

    • news values
      frequency
      negativity
      unexpectedness
      elite nations
      elite persons
    • news as social construct
      events covered in newspapers dont reflect wide range of things happening in reality
      created through people putting values and biases on events
    • GALTUNG AND RUGE influence of news values

      way media is organised depends on what journalists see as newsworthy
      criteria to determine what is newsworthy
      more news values = more likely to appear in news
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