Media Industries and Media Audiences. Flashcards
What can affect whether or not a story is used in a newspaper?
Recency
Size
Continuity
Simplicity
Elite nations
Predictability
Unexpectedness
Negativity
Personality
Meaningfulness
Recency
important breaking news
Size
bigger story, more people is more preferable.
Continuity
ongoing news e.g. COVID
Simplicity
simple stories- easier to explain and understand
Elite Nations
America is preferred to us. they get more coverage than less influential countries
Predictability
an anti-war demonstration is likely to be eventful, so they will cover it.
Unexpectedness
something out of the ordinary has more news value than everyday events
Negativity
bad news is more likely to make headlines
Personality
a story about a celebrity or a heroic member of public have a human interest angle.
Meaningfulness/Proximity
close to home issues- personal/local connections
Reflective representation
meaning is inherent in the aspects of the real world that are being represented- like mirrors
Intentional representation
meaning is imposed by the producer of the text
Constructionist representation
concepts and signs, meanings are not always inherent- audience plays a large role in interpretation.
Negative stereotyping arises out of….
an ethnocentric view of the world; ones own group is the centre of everything and all other groups are rated in reference to it.
