Friday, 10 November 2017

Galtung and Ruge

Gatekeeping:

A term which is applied to the editing and filtering process where decisions are made to let some information 'pass through' to the receiver (audience) and other information remains barred.

News Values:

Galtung and Ruge

-1965 analysed international news stories to find out what kind of stories came top of the news 'agenda'.
- Their findings helped them create a list of 'News Values':
  • Threshold: the bigger the impact and reach of the story
  • Unexpectedness: an event that is a shock or out of the ordinary
  • Negativity: Bad news is more interesting 'if it bleeds, it leads'
  • Elite person/places: stories about important people and powerful nations
  • Unambiguous: straightforward and easy to write about
  • Personalisation: stories that include human interest- 'real' people
  • Proximity: stories that are closer to home are more likely to be included
  • Continuity/Currency: stories that are already in the news continue to run and are updated.

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