structures within which they act. Events are described in terms of the effects on individuals. Political conflict is seen as debates between personalities, not policies. This is related to personalization and novelty, but refers 11) Human Interest: specifically to stories about missing dogs being found or other “soft” “feel good” episodes in day-to-day life. Often television newscasts will end with a human-interest story in order to soften the impact of the rest of the newscast. Celebrities, politicians, and major 12) on elite personalities/nations: economic nations gain far more focus than the non-elites. Herbert Gans (1980) reviewed the American television networks CBS, NBC, and Newsweek and Time magazines and found that the news was dominated by known, prominent people, with officials accounting for three-quarters of all news sources. death, conflict and drama. Studies have noted an 13) Sensationalism: over-emphasis on violence in the news (relative to the amount of violence in real life)—represented mostly in the coverage of violent crime. Death resulting from violence is more likely to be covered than from disease. British studies have noted that crime reporting has no relationship to the relative frequency of crime and the over-reported crimes in both TV and print news were murder, fraud, black mail and drug offences. Other
structures within which they act. Events are described in terms of the effects on individuals. Political conflict is seen as debates between personalities, not policies. 11) Human Interest: This is related to personalization and novelty, but refers specifically to “soft” stories about missing dogs being found or other “feel good” episodes in day-to-day life. Often television newscasts will end with a human-interest story in order to soften the impact of the rest of the newscast. 12) on elite personalities/nations: Celebrities, politicians, and major economic nations gain far more focus than the non-elites. Herbert Gans (1980) reviewed the American television networks CBS, NBC, and Newsweek and Time magazines and found that the news was dominated by known, prominent people, with officials accounting for three-quarters of all news sources. 13) Sensationalism: death, conflict and drama. Studies have noted an over-emphasis on violence in the news (relative to the amount of violence in real life)—represented mostly in the coverage of violent crime. Death resulting from violence is more likely to be covered than from disease. British studies have noted that crime reporting has no relationship to the relative frequency of crime and the over-reported crimes in both TV and print news were murder, fraud, black mail and drug offences. Other
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