Example 1 - from the Daily Mail
This is a screen shot taken from the daily mail website.
This story in particular, is a soft story. We know this because the story is about a celebrity, and isnt hard hitting to the audience as nothing shocking has happened in the story.
This news story falls into the immediacy, personalisation and the elite nations and elite people news values.
This news story fits with the immediacy news value because when this article was written, which was on the 9/12/13, the story which the article is talking about had happened the night before.
The personalisation applies to this news story because the story has a quote from the celebrity of which the news story is about.
The story fits with the elite nations and elite people value because the news story is from Australia, as that is where the tv programe is set, however it is also intended for an English audience as that is where the tv programe is broadcast.
The treatment values that apply to this story are visuals, saga and human interest.
The visual treatment value applies to this story because a picture of the main celebrity in this story is shown, which helps make the story more interesting.
The saga treatment value is featured in this story because the story is about a tv show which has been on tv for a few weeks, so stories about the tv show will have been written over the weeks that the show has been on tv.
The news story also features a human interest treatment value because it is about a popular tv show, which means that a lot of people will have interest in it.
Example 2 - from The Guardian
This is a screen shot taken from the guardian website.
The main story in this screen shot is a hard-hitting story as it is about a murder trial that has recently happened, which is shocking and hard hitting for the audience reading.
The news values that this story falls into are, immediacy, surprise, negativity, amplitude and elite nations and elite people.
The immediacy news value applies to this story because the news article was written on the same day as the event in the story happened.
The story also fits the surprise news value because the readers didnt know what the man on trial would say and what questions he would be asked.
The negativity news value also applies to this news story because it is a story about a man who is on trial for a murder, which is negative..
A lot of people are affected by this story because a lot of people were shocked by the murder and by what the man on trial said when he was questioned in court. This means that this story fits the amplitude news value.
This news story has an elite nations and elite people news as the murder happened in England, and the person who was murdered was English, and the trail is also taking place in England.
The treatment values that apply to this news story are visuals, saga, conflict and actuality.
The news story fits the visual treatment values as the news story features a picture, which is a drawing of the scene in the court room. This makes the news story more interesting as it helps the readers picture what is happening.
The saga treatment values fit this story because this story is an ongoing story, because the man has not been convicted yet.
This story features conflict as the man on trial is opposing the prosecuting party. This makes the story more interesting as it isn't just a one sided story.
The news story also features actuality as the person writing the story, is actually there at the trial so he will be seeing what happens live.
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