News Values

• Immediacy: has it happened recently?

Immediacy is more important than ever due to news breaking on Twitter or elsewhere online. However, this in turn changes the approach of other news sources such as newspapers as the news will probably already be broken so different angles might be required. Newspapers now contain more comment or opinion rather than the breaking story.

• Familiarity: is it culturally close to us in Britain?

familiarity is very important  due to the fall of newspapers, people are now only really spend money on buying newspapers when it has a direct affect on them. therefore this means that now audiences tend to only spend money on things that affect them.

• Amplitude: is it a big event or one which involves large numbers of people?

again people will only be interested if it is a big story and is something that many people are talking about, if it doesn't affect lots of people then people dont' "care" ad tend to look away.

• Frequency: did the event happen fairly quickly?

with events that happen people care more because it was unexpected , which means that people people are hit by shock. again combined with other factors this is then taken into account, for instance if people are not familiar by it then it does not have an effect on them.

• Unambiguity: is it clear and definite?

due to stories being posted online and sent around to quickly it has mean that that news institutions have had to take a difference approach. stories that are definite and that are going to take place is important , as this allows people to see if they are able to prepare or how this would affect them. for instance heavy snow coming in December, this would affect people and would be a problem if this is definite.

• Predictability: did we expect it to happen?

if audiences know something will happen they are less alarmed however they still want to know the inside information if it will affect them. also this can lead to audiences using newspapers and social media in order to find out.

• Surprise: is it a rare or unexpected event?

with social networking rumors tend to spread fast and therefore news is now expected for stories that are considered big. this is an example of how social networking has that newspapers have to try to have the latest information as well as being up to date and most of all having an approach that people are looking for.

• Continuity: has this story already been defined as news?

social networking has meant that newspapers are not taking different approach for example they give expert opinions rather then providing the story in great amount of detail.

• Elite nations and people: which country has the event happened in? Does the story concern well-known people? 

most stories on social networking sites are about western countries due to technology being more widely available and thus more people using social networking sites therefore news is about the big western countries. 

• Negativity: is it bad news?

not all news is bad news, due to social networking more and more people are able to give views and opinions but also most news is aimed at someone therefore some audiences having a interest.

• Balance: the story may be selected to balance other news, such as a human survival story to balance a number of stories concerning death.

due to social networking it has meant that news institutions have had to adapt stories for audiences this has meant that news is no longer as balanced as audiences what to know the important information rather then having a balance.