News Judgment and News Values

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Events with a positive outcome are more likely to be reported than those with a negative outcome?

False (B)

Events involving elite nations are more likely to be reported than those that do not?

True (A)

Events featuring well-known individuals or institutions are not considered newsworthy?

False (B)

Events that can be discussed in terms of individual actions are less likely to be reported than those that are the outcome of abstract social forces?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Novel and unexpected events are not newsworthy?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which editors and reporters decide what the most important news is called?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the flexible group of guidelines that editors can apply to any news event or issue called?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does proximity refer to in relation to news events and issues?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Is timeliness an important factor in determining the newsworthiness of a story?

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Are conflicts, impact, proximity, and timeliness among the flexible group of guidelines for news judgment?

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Proximity refers to the closeness of events and issues to people's own communities.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Editors must consider the impact of a story in terms of how many people it affects and how.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Timeliness is a relative factor in determining the newsworthiness of a story.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Events involving elite nations are more likely to be reported than those that do not.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Novel and unexpected events are not considered newsworthy.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Events involving elite nations are more likely to be reported than those that do not?

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Events featuring well-known individuals or institutions are not considered newsworthy?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Novel and unexpected events are not newsworthy?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Events that can be discussed in terms of individual actions are less likely to be reported than those that are the outcome of abstract social forces?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Events with a positive outcome are more likely to be reported than those with a negative outcome?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Events involving elite people are less likely to be reported than those that do not?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Events with a positive outcome are less likely to be reported than those with a negative outcome?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Novel and unexpected events are considered newsworthy?

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Events involving elite nations are less likely to be reported than those that do not?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Timeliness is not an important factor in determining the newsworthiness of a story?

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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