News values and news selection
Galtung & Ruge and Jewkes identified 'news values' (criteria for deeming events newsworthy): novelty, proximity, impact, conflict, human interest. These values shape what is reported and how.
Real World
The 2017 Manchester Arena bombing received blanket news coverage for weeks, while the simultaneous deaths of thousands from air pollution in UK cities — a statistically larger harm — received almost no sustained reporting, illustrating how news values distort public perception of risk.
Exam Focus
Naming Galtung and Ruge alongside Jewkes shows wider reading; always apply news values to a specific crime or media example to access AO2 marks.
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