news selection and presentation

Question 1

how is news selected and presented?

Answer 1

news is constructed via processes like agenda-setting, gatekeeping, and news values
- Galtung & Ruge: news values like negativity, proximity, and elite persons
- Herman & Chomsky: propaganda model- media filters out dissent
AO3: reflects elite bias, rise of citizen journalism challenged traditional filters

Question 2

what is gatekeeping and agenda setting?

Answer 2

editors and journalists control which stories are selected
agenda-setting- media shaped public concern by prioritising issues (McCombs & Shaw)
- media focus on knife crime influencing public discourse and policy
AO3: encouraged passive consumption, audience feedback via social media is challenging top-down control