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News Language

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Updated: Feb 3, 2023

Gatekeeping - the filtering of which information gets published to the audience. Done by the editor


News Values


Continuity/currency - long running story Unambiguous - easy to understand and report on Personalisation - human interest, real people Proximity - local news (England/UK) Threshold - a really big story Unexpectedness - shock factor Negativity - bad news is more interesting Elite persons/places - bout important people or powerful nations


Newspaper - the I

CUPPTUNE used - negativity, proximity, unexpectedness

The article has applied the news value of negativity as it is focusing on a negative topic in an pessimistic way. It has also used proximity, as the article is focused on Britain. Unexpectedness is also used as the readers might not have expected the recession to be this severe


Newspaper - The Daily Mirror

CUPPTUNE used - proximity, personalisation, negativity

The article uses the news value proximity as it is about an event that happened in Manchester. It also uses personalisation as it discusses the effect of the bombing and the emergency services on real people, including their name and picture. Negativity is also used as the article is about death and the failings of the emergency services,


Newspaper - Daily Mirror

CUPPTUNE used - proximity, personalisation, elite persons

The article makes use of the news value proximity as it discusses the actions of an England MP. It also uses personalisation and elite persons, a it is focused on a specific person, who previously was a powerful member of parliament.

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