Tuesday, 15 October 2013

National News Analysis and News Values - Political Story

I am now going to look at two political stories - one national and one local - to see if there are any major differences in the ways that the stories are reported.

The political story below is about an MP calling for increased jail sentences for people who commit cruelty to animals. If you click on the link below you can read the full story.



The news values contained in this story include:

Immediacy is a news value in this story as the MP delivered his speech in the House of Commons the day before. The story relates to cruelty to animals in England and Wales, so Familiarity is a factor as any changes in the law will affect people in this country. 
Amplitude is a factor as any changes in the law could affect large numbers of people as there are hundreds of thousands of animal owners in the UK.
Frequency could be a factor as though this kind of change in law doesn't happen very often, cruelty to animals is something that happens frequently.

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