Having researched news I found that there were many different types of stories such as crime stories, political stories, disaster stories, entertainment stories and sports stories - I have therefore decided to analyse a range of different types of story, starting with a crime story about the arrest of seven Royal Marines for murder. You can click on the link below to read the full story, taken from BBC News online.
The news values contained within this story include:
Immediacy, as this is a 'breaking' story which happened only several hours before it was reported.
Surprise, as the public would not have expected this story to come out. Although we often hear about Marine and Army stories in the news, one such as this would be a surprise to the readers as it involves the army in disrepute. This story does involve a large number of people, which makes it Amplitude.
This is certainly an Impact story as it contains elements which people would feel threatened by - as the Marines are supposed to offer protection rather than be involved in this kind of violent crime.
This story contains a great deal of Conflict as it makes reference to firearms involved, murder, battles and arrests - and there is conflict between our expectations of the Marines and the reality of how they have behaved.
This is definitely a human interest story, incorporating the news value of Personalisation, as it involves the murder of an innocent victim. Without a doubt this is a negative story, containing bad news. The story also contains the news value of Familiarity - even though the murder took place in Afghanistan, the prosecution of the Marines will take place in this country (and it involves British forces).
Finally, the last news value contained is Scandal - many readers will be outraged at the way our armed forces have behaved.
The article contains many of the news values which explains why it was the first story to appear on the BBC News online site.
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