"News values are general guidelines or criteria used by media outlets, such as newspapers or broadcast media, to determine how much prominence to give to a story."
LO3 News Values - Galtang and Ruge (1965)
Frequency (How often something is in the news) - Eg: Trump politics kept relevant with other articles. (For example: Ivanka Trump lifestyle etc.)
Threshold (The amount of superlatives or clear hyperbole of statement) - For example the mirror headline "Shot dead ..live on TV"
Unambiguity - Specific facts not brief.
EG: BBC sport article involves lots of facts and stats to support article (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39234387)
Meaningfulness and newsworthiness - "Five ways the singles chart can be fixed" Ed Sheeran is relevant and popular to a younger demographic and relevant to current news/ social trends.
Consonance (agreement of ideology/ meaning) - Audience will see the same thing across various news outlets and subsequently agree with it. Across BBC news, telegraph and guardian all report on Bang of England deputy resigns
Unexpectedness - Unexpected articles create intrigue. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3084507/otter-in-tesco-video-county-mayo-ireland/
Reference to elites.: Politicians, royal family, musicians, actors, reality tv stars, sporting personality's, local celebrities, local government officials.
Personalisation - Article tailored to appeal to audience and link to readers life. Eg through use of rhetorical questions.
Negativity - Many attracted to negative news.
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