ENGL 3502: 11/08/05
Newsreport
* impact/relevance - for audience are newsworthy
* proximity - how close is the audience to the story -> a. geographic. b. cultural.
* prominence - elite importance
- does the media preserve the structure of the elite by repeatedly affirming stature?
* timeliness - sensitive to context and media
* conflict - fictional novels demand conflict => news revolves around the conflict of the world.
=> disproportionate representation of conflitct in news. -> threatening and destabilising of society's/cultural values.
* currency - recycling and feeding stories
* odd and unusual - bizarre/quirky/novel =>change
* frequency
* threshold - size and/or volume
* unambiguity - easily interpreted
To write a summary lead answer as many as possible of; who what why when where how
Sources usefullnes in descending order;
authoritarian institution - e.g. government
academic institution - e.g. university
alternative institution - e.g. gay and lesbian
shopowners/landowners - e.g. representatives and public relations
individuals
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