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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