LO3 - Be able to research and plan content for an article.

Out of these potential ideas i believe the community article will be the most accessible, i will be able to gather a sufficient information about the issue from primary definers with ease - i can get both primary and secondary research from the council and from government run websites which will ensure the accuracy of the factual nature of the article. I belive this issue is current and important and will not die out of public opinion any time soon because of how relevant it is in society at present, the homelessness crisis is noticable by anybody who spends time in the city centre and therefore will be recieved by the readers and understood. Having known how this affects people as they go about their day in the town centre, it will be simple to get public opinion  through methods of primary research such as questionaires and interviews because this is an issue that we are all aware of and not a niche subject that may only interest a few, therefore as part of news values this will be an unambiguous piece.

I believe there are multiple stances and article on homlessness can take, such as how it affects society, what are people doing to aid the crisis and what can we do to prevent this in future therefore i dont believe i will become at a loss as to what angle i can take toward engaging an audience.

News Values: what the general public prefer to see in the news in terms of what is 'valuable' to them. For example current political affairs. For a news story to be valuable, it needs to cause an effect on someone or a group of people.


LO3 : News values, Galtang and Ruge (1965)

- Frequency (how often something is in the news)
Death of Princess diana, at first there were reports on her tragic death which then spiralled into a web of conspriacy theories and has now adapted into talking about the legitimacy of her children in terms of her affairs. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4306170/Princess-Diana-s-former-lover-James-Hewitt-speaks-out.html?ITO=1490


- Unambiguity ( reporting stories with fact )
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39249287  reports on six nations with facts about scores and how each try came to happen in terms of game play.

- Meaningfulness and newsworthiness (relevance in terms or demographic in relation to news stories)

http://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/fashion/1025270/itv-viewers-think-holly-willoughbys-floral-topshop-dress-on-this-morning-is-too-old-for-her  This magazine is aimed at a younger target audience in the C2DE social grading this is reflected in the article as they are discussing a clothing line popular with young people 'topshop' and a reality TV star that most young women know of Holly Willoughby.

- Consonance (agreement of ideology/meaning)

Stories that  you begin to believe or support due to them being reported several times - this makes them seem more reliable in the eyes of the public.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3085122/st-maarten-landing-video-shows-plane-nearly-crashing-into-sea/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4278584/Jaw-dropping-footage-plane-flying-just-beachgoers.html

http://www.9news.com.au/world/2017/03/12/14/15/plane-pulls-out-of-landing-attempt-at-notorious-sint-marteens-princess-juliana-international-airport

- Unexpectedness
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/02/leicester-city-win-the-premier-league-title-after-fairytale-season  -Leicester city won the premier league despite much disbelief


- Reference to elites (royal family , actors, sporting personalities, musicians , politicians , local government officials)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4310506/William-skis-rest-royal-family-attend-service.html

- Personalisation ( when journalists try to directly link content to readers).  when a journalist uses rhetorical questions or personal pronouns to reach an audinece or giving the impression that they are revealing more about an elites lifestyle that the reader may now already know.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4311528/Kim-Kardashian-Kanye-Kourtney-Rob-Caitlyn.html

Reader learns more about the private life of kardashian and west.

- Negativity ( Bad news in the media )
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4311952/Former-private-schoolgirl-23-leaving-club.html

- Threshold ( the amount of superlatives or clear hyperbole of statement) appears generally on the front cover of newspapers.
Used to catch the attention of the different demographics for different articles - these are generally audacious or down right bizarre in order to have an effect.