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News Outlets:How People Get Their News
• Television – 61%
• Internet – 14%
• Newspaper – 11%
• Radio – 10%
• Social Media – 3%
• Word of Mouth – 1%
• Something Else 1%
Allows audience to identify with the person
It also can help make a really complex and confusing event easier to understand
EX: “Charity Runners Begin Signing Up For 2014 Boston Marathon To Honor Bombing Victims”
http:/www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/30/charity-teams-boston-marathon_n_4697467.html?utm_hp_ref=boston-marathon-bombing
Drama
• Has vivid, emotional, conflicting, or
striking interest or results
• Malaysian Flight 370
Conflict
• Feature a fight, battle, or struggle
• Ideological, political, physical
• Might overemphasize violence
• Kenyan Mall Massacre• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX_EPI8Grbo
Action
• Part of the whole story
• Different perspectives
• EX: The Malaysia Airlines Missing Jet
Novelty
• Features an aspect that is new or
unique
– Unpredictable events more likely to be
covered.
• Man in Thong Steals Costume– http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/09/man-wearing-thong-
steals-batman-costume_n_4929582.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news
Deviance
• Statistical• Frequency of an event
• Normative• Violation of social and legal norms.
– Considered more newsworthy
• Motorcycle Gang Attack - NYC
Events with current themes of interest are
more likely to get new coverage
Some current examples:
› Identity Theft
› Health Care
› Gay Marriage
The Prevalence of Negative
News• Peacetime vs.
Wartime– Bad outweighs
good.
• Bad news results in higher stimulation
• Local News vs. National News
Hyper-attention On A Particular Event,
Issue, and Mantra.
Production of Fake News Reports.
Omission of Facts and Alternative
Opinions.
In 1978, New Orleans
Media Outlet Percent of
Newscast
Local News
Stations
80%
Local
Newspapers
45%
Police Reports 12.4%
On March 11, 2014
Media Outlet Number of
Murder Stories
Number of
Robbery Stories
Huffington Post
(“Crime”
Section)
20 2
CNN (“Justice”
Section)
9 1
Associated Press 6 0
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2013/preliminary-semiannual-uniform-crime-report-january-june-
2013/tables/table_3_january_to_june_2012-2013_percent_change_for_consecutive_years.xls
Images in the media affect the ability to
interpret and recall information.