Chapter eleven discusses the way we define what news means today and how news is made. In order to define what is newsworthy, seven factors must be looked at. These consist of impact, timeliness, prominence, proximity, the bizarre conflict, and the currency. The more categories the news story fits into, the more newsworthy it is. Not only does it depend on the seven factors, but it also depends on how truthful or significant the stories of the events are in order for it to be presented in the media and define as good news.
Another thing the book discusses is the media being an important source of political information by the time we are teenagers. If a person does not obtain un-bias information then he/she can’t make un-bias politically related decisions. According to the Agenda Setting Model, the media do influence society on the way we should and shouldn’t think.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
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