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News Values

News Values Read   Media Factsheet 76: News Values   and complete the following questions/tasks.  Our  Media Factsheet archive is available here  - you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. 1) What example news story does the Factsheet use to illustrate Galtung and Ruge's News Values? Why is it an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage? 'British servicewoman dies after Afghan bomb blast': geographical proximity-- Afghanistan is far away from the U.K. but when a young British soldier dies, the story gains cultural proximity as British audiences see the soldier as ‘one of their own’. intensity scale-- the first female officer to be killed is considered more newsworthy as it is unusual. there is also clarity of facts from an authoritative source, namely the Ministry of Defence. 2) What is gatekeeping? Gatekeeping is the process of selecting, and then filtering, items of media that can be consumed within the time or space that...

The decline in print media

The decline in print media Part 1: Ofcom report into news consumption Read this Ofcom report on the consumption of news in the UK and answer the following questions (bullet points/short answers are fine): 1) Look at the headlines from the report on page 6. Pick three that you think are interesting and bullet point them here. Why did you pick those three in particular? Different age groups consume news very differently; younger age groups are much more likely to use the internet and social media for news, whereas their older counterparts favour print, radio and TV. Reach of print/online newspapers has seen a decrease from 2020 (47%) to 2022 (38%). The decrease is driven by decreases in print (online newspaper reach remains steady) which have likely been exacerbated by the pandemic. Five of the top six TV channels (including BBC One which remains the top news source across platforms) saw decreased reach from 2021 among online adults. I have picked these three because this explanation ...

Paper 2 mock exam LR

Paper 2 mock exam: Learner response 1) Type up your  feedback  in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). WWW: Some excellent answers here; Q2 and Q3 are particularly strong. EBI: It's just Q4 that holds you back from B+, is this a timing issue or is it about revising magazines? 2) Did you succeed in meeting or exceeding your  target grade  for A Level Media in this paper? If not, how many additional marks do you need to achieve your target grade in Paper 2? 45/96-- C-- quite off my target grade. Now  read through the real AQA mark scheme for Paper 2 .  3) Write a  question-by-question analysis  of your performance. For each question, write how many marks you got from the number available and identify any points that you missed by carefully studying the AQA indicative content in the mark scheme: Q1: 6/9 marks-- could have talked about verbal codes+ typography, and more of deconstruction ' the minimal style ...