Theorist Name

Galtung and Ruge

The News
They come up with the concept
of news value. They are things
that are culturally dependent.
They arent natural occurrence.
They example 12 factors of
which make news the value that
it is.

Negativity(if its bad)

Frequency(how often)
Unexpectedness
Threshold(how big or small it is)
Unambiguity(can it be simplified by the
media and made clear to the reader
Continuity(event achieves importance,
coverage will continue over a period of
time)
Meaningfulness(impact on home
culture, what it means to us)
Reference to elite nation (something
that happens in the developing world)
Reference to
elite(person(famous/powerful people)
Consonance(familiar event, plays on
our feelings)
Personalisation(event personalised to

Show how these ideas relate to our case studies

here:
The case historical study of Mobs and Rockers by Cohen. As well as the case
study, of how the news the coverage of Tottenham Riot.