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Understanding News: Qualities, Elements, & Importance

Discover the complexities of defining news, its essential factors, and the various elements that can make facts relevant and interesting to people. Learn how news values vary among communities and the factors that modify its importance in practice.

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Understanding News: Qualities, Elements, & Importance

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  1. Understanding News

  2. News is difficult to define because it involves many variables.

  3. There just isn’t a 7-word ‘news’ definition. • News must be factual, yet not all facts are news.

  4. There just isn’t a 7-word ‘news’ definition. • News must be factual, yet not all facts are news. • News may be opinion

  5. There just isn’t a 7-word ‘news’ definition. • News must be factual, yet not all facts are news. • News may be opinion • News is primarily about people (90%)

  6. There just isn’t a 7-word ‘news’ definition. • News must be factual, yet not all facts are news. • News may be opinion • News is primarily about people (90%) • News is not necessarily the report of a recent event. • What has news value for one school or community might not be news for another.

  7. There just isn’t a 7-word ‘news’ definition. • What is news for one school or community might be news for all schools and communities.

  8. There just isn’t a 7-word ‘news’ definition. • What is news for one school or community might be news for all schools and communities. • What is news today is often not news tomorrow.

  9. Two Types of News Today

  10. Two Types of News Today • Hard News

  11. Two Types of News Today • Hard News • Soft News

  12. Three Factors Essential to News

  13. Three Factors Essential to News

  14. News has Qualities that Distinguish it from all other Forms of Writing

  15. News has Qualities that Distinguish it from all other Forms of Writing • It must be accurate.

  16. News has Qualities that Distinguish it from all other Forms of Writing • It must be accurate. • It is balanced.

  17. News has Qualities that Distinguish it from all other Forms of Writing • It must be accurate. • It is balanced. • It is objective.

  18. News has Qualities that Distinguish it from all other Forms of Writing • It must be accurate. • It is balanced. • It is objective. • It is clear and concise.

  19. News has Qualities that Distinguish it from all other Forms of Writing • It must be accurate. • It is balanced. • It is objective. • It is clear and concise. • It is recent.

  20. A Variety of News Elements Make Facts Interesting to People

  21. A Variety of News Elements Make Facts Interesting to People • Immediacy or timeliness

  22. A Variety of News Elements Make Facts Interesting to People • Immediacy or timeliness • Proximity or nearness

  23. A Variety of News Elements Make Facts Interesting to People • Immediacy or timeliness • Proximity or nearness • Consequence

  24. A Variety of News Elements Make Facts Interesting to People • Immediacy or timeliness • Proximity or nearness • Consequence • Prominence

  25. A Variety of News Elements Make Facts Interesting to People • Immediacy or timeliness • Proximity or nearness • Consequence • Prominence • Drama

  26. A Variety of News Elements Make Facts Interesting to People • Immediacy or timeliness • Proximity or nearness • Consequence • Prominence • Drama • Oddity or Unusualness

  27. A Variety of News Elements Make Facts Interesting to People • Immediacy or timeliness • Proximity or nearness • Consequence • Prominence • Drama • Oddity or Unusualness • Conflict

  28. A Variety of News Elements Make Facts Interesting to People • Immediacy or timeliness • Proximity or nearness • Consequence • Prominence • Drama • Oddity or Unusualness • Conflict • Sex

  29. A Variety of News Elements Make Facts Interesting to People • Immediacy or timeliness • Proximity or nearness • Consequence • Prominence • Drama • Oddity or Unusualness • Conflict • Sex • Emotions and instincts

  30. A Variety of News Elements Make Facts Interesting to People • Immediacy or timeliness • Proximity or nearness • Consequence • Prominence • Drama • Oddity or Unusualness • Conflict • Sex • Emotions and instincts • Progress

  31. A Variety of News Elements Make Facts Interesting to People • Immediacy or timeliness • Proximity or nearness • Consequence • Prominence • Drama • Oddity or Unusualness • Conflict • Sex • Emotions and instincts • Progress • Impact

  32. A Number of Factors Modify the Importance of News in Actual Practice

  33. A Number of Factors Modify the Importance of News in Actual Practice • The policy of a news medium.

  34. A Number of Factors Modify the Importance of News in Actual Practice • The policy of a news medium. • The class of readers, listeners or viewers.

  35. A Number of Factors Modify the Importance of News in Actual Practice • The policy of a news medium. • The class of readers, listeners or viewers. • The amount of space available.

  36. A Number of Factors Modify the Importance of News in Actual Practice • The policy of a news medium. • The class of readers, listeners or viewers. • The amount of space available. • Timing

  37. A Number of Factors Modify the Importance of News in Actual Practice • The policy of a news medium • The class of readers, listeners or viewers • The amount of space available • Timing • Previous publication

  38. A Number of Factors Modify the Importance of News in Actual Practice • The policy of a news medium • The class of readers, listeners or viewers • The amount of space available • Timing • Previous publication • Censorship

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