Monday, 14 October 2013

What Is News? - In Theory and Practice.

News falls into fur different types of news.
- News for, about or against the state.
(Government, foreign affairs, and the royals)

- News about Business:

- News for consumers
(health, fashion, sport, new products, reviews)

-News that is entertaining
Murders and gossip.

"Things are newsworthy because they represent the changefulness, the unpredictability and the conflictual nature of the world." (Stuart Hall 1996)

What makes news?
- Something that has just happened
- A new on something twist on something that is already happening
- Someone important saying new about an ongoing event
- Something we have just discovered that most people don't know.

(News) events cannot be allowed to remain in the limbo of the 'random' - they must be brought within the horizon of the 'meaningful'
In order to bring events 'within the realm of meanings' we in unusual or unexpected events to the 'maps…. (Stuart Hall 1996)

Framing : Robert M Entman
-Define Problems
-Diagnoses causes
-Make moral judgements imp-Suggest remedies

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