Tuesday, 3 November 2015

How has new and digital media technology changed Galtung and Ruge’s news values?

Immediacy: As the new/digital media has developed it has become increasingly important for news to become as new as it is. This is so as Twitter has trends from which has the most talked about topics all over the world in which have immediate news every time a user logs on
Familiarity: Also I believe familiarity is really important for news to become, if people see news on the internet and do not know about where it had happened or do not care for the news location then they are less likely to read the news article. 
Amplitude:
Frequency: The frequency of news is definitely affected as if people see the news on the internet more frequently then the are again less likely to read the article as it would not interest the audience as much.
Unambiguity: The unambiguity aspect is not affected as the development of New/Digital media mean that we still could understand clear news presented on the internet. However there can be false indefinite news that some users online can be vulnerable.
Predictability: The development has made it easier for news to become predictable as social media gives a platform for people or insiders to leak news before it has been released. Also news companies can get news before it had even been released whether it be with celebrities, politicians etc.
Surprise: The surprise element is still not affected as there are news that we wouldn't expect. For example if you look at the terror attacks in France, nobody was sure whether that was going to happen
Continuity: 
Elite nations and people: I think that new/digital news 
Negativity: The negativity news that is available to read on the internet is still a lot of, this could be because users on the internet like to read negative news rather than positive or maybe users like both negative and positive.
Balance: The development of New/Digital news means that the balance news value is not affected as the news that is presented on-line is both positive and negative in which there is 

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