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NEWS VALUES (Galtung and Ruge) 1. 2. 3. 4. FREQUENCY time span taken by an event e.g.

. murders happen suddenly THRESHOLD the size of an event e.g. earthquake with thousands killed UNAMBIGUITY limited meanings MEANINGFULNESS - a) the event means something in our culture b) The event is relevant to us; has an impact on our culture (usually represented as a threat) 5. CONSONANCE meets our expectations 6. UNEXPECTEDNESS something we dont expect 7. CONTINUITY a running story 8. COMPOSITION to create balance so not everything is bad news for example 9. REFERENCE TO ELITE NATIONS events in the developed world more likely to be reported 10. REFERENCE TO ELITE PERSONS the famous and powerful treated as being of great importance 11. PERSONALISTION events seen as the actions of individuals 12. NEGATIVITY bad news is good news

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