"News values are 'criteria that influence the selection and presentation of events as published news.'" - "News values are 'criteria that influence the selection and presentation of events as published news.'"
The criteria used by journalists to determine which stories are newsworthy.
Importance: The significance of an event or issue and its relevance to the audience.
Timeliness: The immediacy and newness of the story.
Proximity: The relevance of the story to the audience's geographic location.
Conflict: The presence of disagreement or tension in the story.
Human Interest: The emotional or personal appeal of a story.
Prominence: The status or fame of the individuals involved in the story.
Novelty: The uniqueness or originality of the story.
Impact: The extent to which the story will affect the audience.
Currency: The ongoing relevance of a story over time.
Relevance: The connection of the story to the audience's interests, needs, or concerns.
Consequence: The potential outcomes or implications of the story.
Scope: The scale or magnitude of the story, such as a global, national, or local event.
Surprise: The unexpected nature of the story.
Magnitude: The size or scale of the story in terms of its impact or importance.
Controversy: The presence of conflicting viewpoints or opinions in the story.
Proximity: The potential for the story to affect or involve the audience directly.
Emotion: The ability of the story to evoke strong feelings or responses in the audience.
Timing: The strategic timing of the story to coincide with other events or news.
Scandal: The presence of wrongdoing or impropriety in the story.
Exclusivity: The unique or exclusive nature of the information in the story.
Timeliness: This is when a story is new or recent, and people want to know about it right away.
Proximity: News that is happening nearby or in the same community is considered more valuable.
Impact: News that has a significant impact on people's lives or the community is considered valuable.
Relevance: News that is relevant to the audience or readership is considered to hold more value for them.
Human interest: Stories that focus more on the emotional side of the news or the human interest element is considered valuable.
Conflict: News that is centered around a conflict or a disagreement is considered valuable.
Celebrity: News that involves celebrities or well-known people is considered valuable.
Novelty: News that is new or unusual holds value because it is fresh and interesting.
Consequence: News that has significant consequences on the society or people is considered valuable.
Prominence: News that involves people in high positions or of high status holds value.
"These values help explain what makes something 'newsworthy.'"
"News values are not universal and can vary between different cultures."
"Some attempt to describe news practices across cultures, while others have become remarkably specific to the press of particular (often Western) nations."
"Decisions on the selection and prioritization of news are made by editors on the basis of their experience and intuition."
"Analysis by Galtung and Ruge showed that several factors are consistently applied across a range of news organizations."
"Their theory was tested on the news presented in four different Norwegian newspapers from the Congo and Cuban crisis of July 1960 and the Cyprus crisis of March–April 1964."
"Results were mainly consistent with their theory and hypotheses."
"Johan Galtung later said that the media have misconstrued his work and become far too negative, sensational, and adversarial."
"Methodologically and conceptually, news values can be approached from four different perspectives: material, cognitive, social, and discursive."
"Material perspective (focusing on the material reality of events)"
"Cognitive perspective (focusing on people's beliefs and value systems)"
"Social perspective (focusing on journalistic practice)"
"Discursive perspective (focusing on the discourse)"
"It is called 'discursive news values analysis' (DNVA)."
"It focuses on the 'distortion' step in Galtung and Ruge's chain of news communication."
"Analyzing how events are discursively constructed as newsworthy."
"This approach examines news values such as Negativity, Proximity, Eliteness, and others."
"This approach is influenced by linguistics and social semiotics."
"It focuses on how events are discursively constructed as newsworthy."