Construction Of News
Construction of representations in news - Us shooting
This news item is about a Us shooting that happened in California. It has been constructed as an important and high-ranking piece of news. This is because it shows a red strip and white bold writing at the bottom and middle of the screen saying 'breaking news' which brings more attention and notice to the viewer making them aware of what has happened. Also the words 'breaking news' are shown in huge letters across the screen making the audience stop and watch. The title of this news piece is Thousand Oaks: 'Mass shooting', the adjective 'mass' implies having an effect on or involving a large number of people which is why the news have used it in the title. Furthermore, it suggests that the news editor wants the viewers to see this as important and of a great significant or value to the viewer. Further on in this news piece, the news editor has put 'multiple injuries' in brackets because implies someone at the scene has reported this incident and knows whats happening. Also, to let the audience know that something serious has happened. The adjective 'multiple' implies more than one person has been shot or sent to hospital and the noun 'injuries' suggests a physical harm to people or damage to someones body caused by an attack. This news story has been shown because it is a large event that has happened, which makes it more newsworthy as the audience will find it interesting. However, if the story was about a cat stuck in a tree it will be less gripping for the viewers which means that the views for the news channel would go down that's why the news editor has picked it.This type of story is targeted to the audience who are fascinated about America and who are against guns because it shows that Americans have easy access to guns making it easy for this type of attack to happen.
The Galtung and Ruge - news values
Galtung and Ruge looked at what makes an item newsworthy, and i went though to see which applied for the US shooting. Firstly, the size of this event has to be massive to make the story more newsworthy and this story is huge because it is a shooting that is happening live. Secondly, negativity as bad news tends to have higher news value than good news and this story is bad news making it more newsworthy. Thirdly, recency as there is high value on getting the story out first and this news item is live meaning that they are trying to find out as much as they can before people know what has happened. Also, continuity is what makes this piece of news newsworthy because this news item is left on a cliff-hanger. Additionally, it has its own uniqueness because it is a highly unusual story to happen here in England. However, on the other hand, these types of incidents happen a lot in America but the audience will only know of these things by the news or media. Furthermore, it shows personality because it contains human element which has high news value.
This news item is about a Us shooting that happened in California. It has been constructed as an important and high-ranking piece of news. This is because it shows a red strip and white bold writing at the bottom and middle of the screen saying 'breaking news' which brings more attention and notice to the viewer making them aware of what has happened. Also the words 'breaking news' are shown in huge letters across the screen making the audience stop and watch. The title of this news piece is Thousand Oaks: 'Mass shooting', the adjective 'mass' implies having an effect on or involving a large number of people which is why the news have used it in the title. Furthermore, it suggests that the news editor wants the viewers to see this as important and of a great significant or value to the viewer. Further on in this news piece, the news editor has put 'multiple injuries' in brackets because implies someone at the scene has reported this incident and knows whats happening. Also, to let the audience know that something serious has happened. The adjective 'multiple' implies more than one person has been shot or sent to hospital and the noun 'injuries' suggests a physical harm to people or damage to someones body caused by an attack. This news story has been shown because it is a large event that has happened, which makes it more newsworthy as the audience will find it interesting. However, if the story was about a cat stuck in a tree it will be less gripping for the viewers which means that the views for the news channel would go down that's why the news editor has picked it.This type of story is targeted to the audience who are fascinated about America and who are against guns because it shows that Americans have easy access to guns making it easy for this type of attack to happen.
The Galtung and Ruge - news values
Galtung and Ruge looked at what makes an item newsworthy, and i went though to see which applied for the US shooting. Firstly, the size of this event has to be massive to make the story more newsworthy and this story is huge because it is a shooting that is happening live. Secondly, negativity as bad news tends to have higher news value than good news and this story is bad news making it more newsworthy. Thirdly, recency as there is high value on getting the story out first and this news item is live meaning that they are trying to find out as much as they can before people know what has happened. Also, continuity is what makes this piece of news newsworthy because this news item is left on a cliff-hanger. Additionally, it has its own uniqueness because it is a highly unusual story to happen here in England. However, on the other hand, these types of incidents happen a lot in America but the audience will only know of these things by the news or media. Furthermore, it shows personality because it contains human element which has high news value.
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