This is for me A-Level Media Studies coursework! :)

1. NEWS VALUESNEWS VALUES

2. THRESHOLDTHRESHOLD
• Facts and events that have the greatest effect on the audience the
most.
• The bigger the news the better because it will have a greater impact.

3. NEGATIVITYNEGATIVITY
• Bad news is good news.
• Constructive events less likely to feature than catastrophes or
violence.
• Ordinary is taken for granted, extraordinary is better.

4. TIMELESSNESSTIMELESSNESS
• Events that happened recently or people who are current generally
are more newsworthy.

5. PROXIMITYPROXIMITY
• ‘Closeness’ of an item to an audience.
• News consists of items relevant to region (local or national).
• Allows audience to become close emotionally.

6. PROMINENCEPROMINENCE
• People in the public eye tend to be more newsworthy than those not
in the public eye.

7. CONFLICTCONFLICT
• Events and people that feature conflict tend to be more newsworthy.

8. CONTINUINITYCONTINUINITY
• Sometimes a story is newsworthy because its about an issue in the
public consciousness at the particular time.
• The public wants to know what happens next.

9. ODDITYODDITY
• News about weird or unusual people, places, things or events.

10. HUMAN INTERESTHUMAN INTEREST
• Stories that play to human emotions can be very newsworthy.
• They are usually about ordinary people.