News values: notes

In 1965, media researchers Galtung & Ruge analysed news stories to find out what factors placed them at the top of the news agenda.

They came up with the following list of news values - a kind of scoring system to work out what might become news. A story which scores highly on each value is likely to be at the top of a TV news bulletin. Some of the news values they suggested include:

Negativity
Bad news - involving death, tragedy, natural disasters or political upheaval - is rated above 'positive' stories (royal weddings etc.) 



I would say that this is a negativity story as it is upsetting and it also involves death and tragedy. 

Audiences relate more to stories that are close to their home, or involve people from their country.

Immediacy
How recently did it happen? TV news is very competitive about breaking news – although it is now beaten by social media.

This is breaking news as it is happening when it is being broadcasted when the story happens. 

Simplicity
Simple stories are preferred by TV news.  Palestine is complicated, a plane crash is easy to follow.












I chose this news story as it is simple to follow.


Uniqueness
‘Dog bites man’ is not news. ‘Man bites dog’ is. Unusual stories make it into the news – especially if there is good video to go with it.

I chose this as uniqueness as it

unusual story and it is also a interesting story.Elite nations or people
Stories that focus on important countries or people are likely to make the news. Obama and USA = news, Outer Mongolia not so much.

I chose this as this is news that may be important news that countries may want to hear about.

24 hour TV news

There are some critical differences between a regular news bulletin and 24 hour news:

• A bulletin contains carefully constructed ‘news packages’ and fully scripted presentation
• 24 hour TV news is perfect for live, breaking news as it happens
• 24 hour TV news is more dependent on dramatic pictures or video that will grab the audience and keep them watching

News values blog task

For each of the six news values we have learned, find a clip on YouTube from Sky News (24 hour news) and explain how it fits that news value. The Sky News YouTube channel is here.

• 1) Name the TV news programme you created a running order for in this morning's lesson. BBC 3 60 second news.
  
  2) List the five stories you chose and explain why you chose each one. 
• The first news story I will be covering is the breaking news of the engagement story I chose to do this first as it a story which most people who watch BBC 3 60 second news may like to watch.
• The second news story I will cover is the story of the well known politician who is being investigated for fraud I chose this is the news that BBC news 3 60 seconds would cover as it effects that age group.
• The third story I would use Two prisoners convicted of armed robbery have escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London , I chose this as this is news that BBC3 60 second news would listen to. 
• The fourth story I would choose be Lady Gaga is in London and has been spotted jogging in hyde park i chose this as it has a celebrity element to it as its based on a celebrity and that fits what there target audience would watch. 
• The last story was Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant i chose this as it would be news which BBC3 news audience would watch as it has a celebrity element.
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  3) Use the Uses and Gratifications theory to explain why ONE of the stories appeals to the target audience for that programme.
  
  4) Now choose one of the other TV news programmes we have focused on and choose a five-story running order for that programme. The four TV news progammes are:
  
  
  • Channel 4 News
  • BBC News at Six
  • BBC 60 Second news  
  • BBC Newsround
  
  
  The available stories are:
  
  
  • A tweet by Miley Cyrus telling a fan to ‘get a life’ has started a ‘Twitter storm’.
  • Israel has shelled a residential area of Gaza killing around 25 civilians.
  • Gunfire has been reported on the streets of Moscow although no there are no details as yet regarding who has opened fire or why.
  • A well-known politician has been named on Twitter as being investigated by police for fraud.
  • Cheryl Cole has announced she is pregnant.
  • David Cameron’s office has announced he will be visiting Washington next week to meet President Obama.
  • An anti-austerity march against government cuts has been held in London today and was attended by 50,000 people. The protest was calm.
  • A new series of BBC drama Sherlock achieved record viewing figures last night.
  • Lady Gaga is in London and has been spotted jogging in Hyde Park.
  • A woman has been convicted of murdering her husband. He was a wealthy banker and she a stay-at-home mum.
  • Two prisoners convicted of armed robbery have escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London.
  • 20 people were killed in 15 different road accidents over the previous weekend.
  
  5) Explain why those stories fit the target audience for the programme you have chosen.

2) How does Newsround use the key conventions of TV news?  Newsround has used many techniques they use these conventions examples it uses text on screen it also use clips and it also uses presenters.

3) Who are the presenters for BBC News round? Why do News round have a variety of presenters? Jenny Lawernce is the presenter of BBC news round.

4) Are any other presenters or reporters used? Yes  in the bulletin Aysha was used to get information from a professional on carnails. 

5) What does the studio look like? How is technology used in programme? The studio has a colour scheme of green blue and purple, technology is used as they have there website  name on the screen also they use technology by also having clips being shown behind the presenter on the background screen.

6) What is the opening sequence to Newsround? Does it fit the key conventions of TV news? Yes it fits the key convetions as there is a presenter it also says what stories will be coming up later on the show they also use clips on the news they will be covering.

7) How does Newsround typically present a news story? (E.g. presenter to camera, reporter on location, interviews, graphics, images, video etc.) They start of with a presenter saying the news story then they put on clips of the story then then may have presenter getting opinions on the story from kids and they may go to the location and then  may have images on the story.

8) Who is the target audience for Newsround? You may want to research this online. They aim there news on younger audience aged from 7-12.

9) Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme? Do young people feature in the news programme at all? They can get involved by going to there website . Young people are featured as they may have there opinions said on the TV or they may get interview on the news.

10) What news stories are covered in the broadcasts you have watched? List ALL the stories that are covered AND the order that they appear in. How long does each story appear for? the dog working ,  giant Easter egg, warning on energy drinks , how the layout of classroom may affect our leaning , prince Harry has started a month long job.

2) How does the BBC3 60 Second News use the key conventions of TV news? BBC 3 60 Second news has used many techniques they use these conventions examples it uses text on screen it also use clips and it also uses presenters.

3) Who are the presenters for the BBC3 60 Second News? What do you notice about their age and how they are dressed? One of BBC3 60 second news presenter is Sam Naz also Claudia-Liza Armah. The presenters ages are quite young this may be as there target audience are a young audience as-well.

4) Are any other presenters or reporters used?Not really as it is a 60 second bulletin and they may not be able to get presenter to get more information.         

5) What does the studio look like? How is technology used in programme? How are graphics used in the presentation of the news?The colour scheme of the studio is pink and grey. Technology is used in the programme as the clips are shown on a computer animation.

6) What is the opening shot of the BBC3 60 Second News? Does it fit the key conventions of TV news? Yes does fit the key convention as it is camera to presenter.

7) How does the BBC3 60 Second News typically present a news story? (E.g. presenter to camera, reporter on location, interviews, graphics, images, video etc.)They normally present it presenter speaking about it whist they show images or clips.

8) Who is the target audience for the BBC3 60 Second News? You may want to research this online. Why does the BBC feature news on a predominantly entertainment-based channel?When finding out research the age group I found was 18-34.

9) Is there an opportunity for the audience to get involved in the programme? Do young people feature in the news programme at all?I don't think that the audience can get involved as when watching some bulletin none of them had any audience getting involved.

10) What news stories are covered in the broadcasts you have watched? List ALL the stories that are covered AND the order that they appear in. How long does each story appear for?The first news story was that the airline boss admits that the pilots were on pressure causing them to crash , Nigeria presidential election , Iran nucelaur talks , racist chants in Australia , selfie shoes . 

Testing what you've learned...

1) What is the angle of a news story? Give an example to explain your answer.an angle of a news story is how a story is reported.

2) What is the difference between tabloid and broadsheet news coverage? tabloid is less serious content mainly focusing on celebrities news and sports. broadsheet is mainly news that is more serious like international news.

3) What would be an example of a tabloid-style TV news programme? maybe something related to sports or celebrities. 

4) What would be an example of a broadsheet-style TV news programme? maybe something on politics.

5) What is the difference between international, national, regional and local news coverage? international is news that effects the whole world, national news is news that is based on UK news,regional news is news that only affect a part of an area so eg news that may effect London, local news may be news that only effect some people so may not be broadcasted on international news.

Answer the questions on the election coverage clips...

BBC News election story - via YouTube

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell? i think it is national news as it effects the entire country as it a national vote its not just a local story it effects everyone in England.

2) What angle does the report take on the story? that they should vote for a party but not to vote for the other one as it wouldn't be wright so each party is trying to get there own votes.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? i think its a broadsheet as it is a serious story.

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why? i think the more older audience would watch this as it affect them mainly not the younger audience. also more older audience watch BBC so it wouldn't attract younger audience. 


Sky News election story not available online - use your notes

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?this is a national story as it effect the entire country.

2) What angle does the report take on the story? 

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? broadsheet

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why? i think a more younger audience would watch this as most young people watch sky news.


STV (Scottish) coverage of the election story

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell? i think this is more a regional story as it based on Scotland and it may not effect London.

2) What angle does the report take on the story? vote for Scottish labour.

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage? broadsheet as it is a more serious story

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why? i would think more Scottish people as the news story mainly effect them as people in London wouldn't be that effected.


Channel 4 News coverage of the election story.

1) Is this international, national, regional or local news? How can you tell?i tbink it is national as it is effects the entire country

2) What angle does the report take on the story?not to vote for labour

3) Is this more tabloid or broadsheet-style coverage?

4) What kind of audience would you expect to watch this type of TV news programme? Why?