Our ninth lecture saw us looking at news values.
Are news values absolute?
It was interesting looking at the four main criteria when defining the value of particular news. What we see in theory, are four points that balance out to make news values. However, in my opinion, you regularly see imbalances emerging in relation to particular stories. For example, stories are often blown out of proportion in order to give it more impact and therefore uplift its value.
The main point that I took away from the lecture was that news values are based on a journalists' instinct - what he/she believes a story to be worth. There is no scientific formula that is associated with defining news values.
I imagine that a journalist's judgement could be influenced by a couple of things. The financial benefit associated with a story could lead to the popular news taking priority. Perhaps this is why many feel that current news values are so obscured.
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