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Which news values apply in the story? Give a range of examples and make specific reference to theory including Galtung and Ruge and narrative ( Levi-Strauss). Consider the role of ideology.          This essay will be evaluating the news values used in the following article. Galtung and Ruge argued that the news values are a set of unspoken rules which are abode by the journalists writing stories. I will be looking at the FIGHTING FOR FIT article of The Sun.              Firstly, one thing that really stood out for me in this particular article is how irrelevant the story is. A bit overweight mother goes to the park with her child to have a workout. It’s just a casual thing to do, at least for an average person. But it’s not your “average person” here ,that here is a celebrity, Chanelle Hayes a singer, model, but best known for her appearance in the Big Brother show (2007). Clearly there is threshold us...

The Benefits of Pay w alls A p aywall is   an arrangement whereby access is restricted to users who have paid to subscribe to the site. This essay will be discussing how the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.              Firstly I’d like to start off with the fact that the newspaper industry is dying out slowly, and a paywall may prevent its downfall. Many people may have forgotten that journalism is still a profession and as a profession it needs financial funding, but when it comes to paying a certain fee the majority of people wouldn’t like the idea of giving their money to read articles. That’s due to the fact that individuals are used to reading cheap or even free news. To be able to constantly release quality material ,to make reportages and what not has to be funded in some way.         Secodnly in my opinion Paywalls are an excellent way to legitimize the content being provided, whe...

An essay about my thoughts on Islamophobia ,Terrorism and Media        In this essay I will be discussing the terms islamophobia, terrorism and the association between them and the media. Islamophobia is defined as a dislike of, or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force. The usage of phobia to describe hatred in these kinds of words really irritates me ,due to the fact that phobia means an extreme or irrational fear of something. Fear of spiders for instance is described as Arachnophobia ,fear of close spaces- Claustrophobia etc. and putting phobia after a word to describe hatred towards a group is silly in my opinion.        First off I will start with a common thing I  see , which is biased media claiming that it is objective but on the other hand twists facts or even partially saves info it has, just to fit its (political) agenda. A good example is the recent terror attack that h...

News consumed by me To start off I’d like to define the word “news”, and that is most basically said information. We as people consume a great amount of news on a daily basis, and that’s not just reading articles ,newspapers or watching the reports on TV ,we constantly receive numerous types of information (from people, reading posts, billboards etc.) but we choose to believe certain ones. And to be honest, I like cherry-picking the news I would trust ,whilst still doing my research on their legitimacy.             Generally speaking I consume news for the reason to be informed in some way and to have opinions and basic knowledge on certain topics. Furthermore in my opinion people should have at least a little understanding about what’s going on in their city, country and the world itself, due to the fact that these people are going to be deciding their land’s fate some day by voting for instance.     ...