CMN010Y: NEWS 1,2,3,4 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
How does the news we consume get made?
News Selection: News Gatekeeping
-selection of ideas or events that are newsworthy
-limited time and space for news coverage; can't cover EVERY SINGLE event that
happens and audience attention is limited
-internet is diff. than other mediums of news; in theory, it has unlimited space for news.
But journalists can't or won't report everything that happens and we as in audience have
limited time and energy for news consumption in our daily lives; means that information
needs to be culled somehow in a process called "News Gatekeeping"
"News Gatekeeping":
-news selection: news gatekeeping
-Gatekeeping at Different Levels
-News selection--News gatekeeping
-Gatekeeping at different levels (EX: reporter deciding which sources to include in a
story, editors deciding which stories are printed or covered); with development of
personal media, individuals can also act as gate-keepers
-as personal media has become increasingly popular, the news media has been losing
its power of gatekeeping that they have traditionally monopolized
,"News Gatekeeping":
-news selection: news gatekeeping
-Gatekeeping at Different Levels
-The rule in gatekeeping: Newsworthiness
-research suggests that there tends to be a common set of newsworthiness criteria that
most news media use (5 main criteria) 1)Being Timely or New; 2)Conflict/Controversy;
3)Being unusual; 4)Being Relevant; 5)Being significant
"News Gatekeeping"
Newsworthiness criteria:
1)Being timely or new
-EX:SF Giants championship in 2014 was news in 2014 but not 2015
"News Gatekeeping"
Newsworthiness criteria:
2)Conflict/Controversy
-draw attention, imply potential for change
-one of the reasons that news media sometimes pay too much attention to social and
political conflict
"News Gatekeeping"
Newsworthiness criteria:
3)Being unusual
-EX: snow in Tahoe in the summer
, "News Gatekeeping"
Newsworthiness criteria:
4)Being relevant
-must be relevant to community or society
"News Gatekeeping"
Newsworthiness criteria:
5)Being significant
-fires/earthquakes
Each news medium has its own unique considerations for what is newsworthy
depending on....
Newsworthiness
-general norm
-specific considerations based on the audience, market and news media's
mission/philosophy
Why News Gatekeeping matters?
-Agenda setting news
--Tendency to consider issues emphasized in news as important; people come to see
the issues getting lots of news coverage as being important to the society at that time
-news media gatekeeping can direct public attention to certain issues and set the
agenda of public discussion; by controlling the national agenda, news media exert a
huge influence on the political process
1)Newsworthiness Judgment-->2)Gatekeeping-->3)Agenda Setting
Journalists select issues and topics for news coverage because:
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
How does the news we consume get made?
News Selection: News Gatekeeping
-selection of ideas or events that are newsworthy
-limited time and space for news coverage; can't cover EVERY SINGLE event that
happens and audience attention is limited
-internet is diff. than other mediums of news; in theory, it has unlimited space for news.
But journalists can't or won't report everything that happens and we as in audience have
limited time and energy for news consumption in our daily lives; means that information
needs to be culled somehow in a process called "News Gatekeeping"
"News Gatekeeping":
-news selection: news gatekeeping
-Gatekeeping at Different Levels
-News selection--News gatekeeping
-Gatekeeping at different levels (EX: reporter deciding which sources to include in a
story, editors deciding which stories are printed or covered); with development of
personal media, individuals can also act as gate-keepers
-as personal media has become increasingly popular, the news media has been losing
its power of gatekeeping that they have traditionally monopolized
,"News Gatekeeping":
-news selection: news gatekeeping
-Gatekeeping at Different Levels
-The rule in gatekeeping: Newsworthiness
-research suggests that there tends to be a common set of newsworthiness criteria that
most news media use (5 main criteria) 1)Being Timely or New; 2)Conflict/Controversy;
3)Being unusual; 4)Being Relevant; 5)Being significant
"News Gatekeeping"
Newsworthiness criteria:
1)Being timely or new
-EX:SF Giants championship in 2014 was news in 2014 but not 2015
"News Gatekeeping"
Newsworthiness criteria:
2)Conflict/Controversy
-draw attention, imply potential for change
-one of the reasons that news media sometimes pay too much attention to social and
political conflict
"News Gatekeeping"
Newsworthiness criteria:
3)Being unusual
-EX: snow in Tahoe in the summer
, "News Gatekeeping"
Newsworthiness criteria:
4)Being relevant
-must be relevant to community or society
"News Gatekeeping"
Newsworthiness criteria:
5)Being significant
-fires/earthquakes
Each news medium has its own unique considerations for what is newsworthy
depending on....
Newsworthiness
-general norm
-specific considerations based on the audience, market and news media's
mission/philosophy
Why News Gatekeeping matters?
-Agenda setting news
--Tendency to consider issues emphasized in news as important; people come to see
the issues getting lots of news coverage as being important to the society at that time
-news media gatekeeping can direct public attention to certain issues and set the
agenda of public discussion; by controlling the national agenda, news media exert a
huge influence on the political process
1)Newsworthiness Judgment-->2)Gatekeeping-->3)Agenda Setting
Journalists select issues and topics for news coverage because:
