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News values — AQA GCSE Media Studies Definition

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GCSE Media Studies · key term

News values

Definition

The judgements used to decide which events are newsworthy and how much attention they receive.

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AQA GCSE Media Studies · 8572

Paper 1, Paper 2

News values are judgements about newsworthiness. Common examples include bad news, recency, a continuing story, important people, surprise, significance, relevance to the home audience and human interest. Human interest focuses on individuals’ experiences to give a story emotional impact.
Revise: Viewpoints, significance and audience interpretation

AQA Media Studies past papers

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Agenda setting
Audience positioning
Contested representation
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