New's values

Two media theorists (Gatlung and Ruge) developed a system for classifying how 'news-worthy' an event is.
















Reference to elite nations - refers to china.  Negativity - spread of a deadly disease.  Continuity - Continued spread.   Meaningfulness.  can hit anyone, as its a rapid spread. Predictability - predictable that it hit another china town. Time constraints - extremely relevant now.   Unambiguity - can't argue about its severity.





Reference to elite nations - refers to the UK.  Unexpectedness - wasn't expected to hit UK this soon. Meaningfulness - peoples lives at risk. Time constraints - extremely relevant now.












Time constraint - death occurred recently.  Personalisation - relevant to the fans of the Terry Jones, as well as people who want to know Palin's reaction to the death of a close friend.






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