24 hour news work

This video is footage of 2 planes crashing into the world trade centres in a drastic terrorist attack. 9/11 is a good example of negativity in the news to make a good news story according to Gatlung and Ruge with their news values. The more negative the story the more publicity it will get on the news such as death and terrorism. This terrorist attack caused a lot of death meaning it was likely to attract a lot attention and become a big story. This is because a huge amount of devastation was caused and in all the reports videos where shown of what happened attracting the audience as the story had many dramatic images. A negative story has a lot of death and destruction so 9/11 would fit perfectly in this category.

For the "unique" news value, this is the coverage of the missing Malaysia aeroplane. This fits in with uniqueness as it is unusual and arouses curiosity because this had never happened before. Also it was not found so it was reported to show us the mystifying nature of what happened. The fact that people did not know what happened to it meant there was a larger audience watching TV news to see if they had found it yet.

The Tottenham riots is a good example of closeness to home because it is in London and affected the whole of London such as homes and businesses being burnt down. Also Tottenham is close to West London meaning it would affect our area indefinitely. The news programme would have a larger audience of London watching as people want to see what is happening to them or their property.

An example of elite nations is Barack Obama's re-election as the USA is a very politically powerful nation, also this story would grab a lot of attention as many people want to see what is going on in powerful countries such as the USA. This is why the election is on British news as well as American news. Also Britain is allies with the USA, meaning that there will be a large audience in Britain watching the story.

An example of immediacy in the news is the german plane crash because the 24 hour news channels instantly got the story after it happened so they could report it rapidly to the audience. This is a good way to gain audience because people will be able to see what happened live on the scene when it just happened. This fits into immediacy as the clip is part of a 24 hour news programme where it is easier to report something straight away.

Finally an example of simplicity is the story about an overcrowded refugee boat being rescued at sea. This is a simple story because it is easy to follow and you don't have to do any thinking and inferring. Simple stories grab the audience that just want to be informed about what is going on but want the news to be snappy and easy to follow; this story gives the simplicity to that type of audience.