DME - Dyari Media Exams

1) What example news story does the Factsheet use to illustrate Galtung and Ruge's News Values? Why is it an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage? "British servicewoman dies after Afghan bomb blast" It's an appropriate example as it's showing a fellow British resident dying, and it's quite intense as she is the first female officer to be killed, which makes this news story surprising and unusual.  2) What is gatekeeping? Gatekeeping is the process of filtering information prior to dissemination. 3) What are the six ways bias can be created in news? Bias through selection and omission, bias through placement, bias by headline, bias by photos/captions/camera angles, bias through use of names and titles, and bias by choice of words. 4) How have online sources such as Twitter, bloggers or Wikileaks changed the way news is selected and published? Online sources have changed the way news is selected and published as typically stories...

Task One: Media Magazine article and questions Read the Media Magazine article: From Local Press to National Regulator in MM56 (p55). You'll find the article in our Media Magazine archive here. Once you've read the article, answer the following questions: 1) Keith Perch used to edit the Leicester Mercury. How many staff did it have at its peak and where does Perch see the paper in 10 years' time? 130 journalists; Perch thinks it'll get expensive and have a very small circulation. 2) How does Perch view the phone hacking scandal? He thinks the biggest issue is the fact something massively illegal was going on behind the scenes when it should not have happened in the first place. 3) What does IPSO stand for and how does it work? Independent Press Standards Organisation - they're one of the bodies responsible for regulating newspapers. 4) What is Perch's view of newspaper ownership? He believes regulators shouldn't exist and that newspapers should regulate them...