The following list is adapted from their work:
Immediacy: has it happened recently?
Immediacy is more important than ever due to news breaking on Twitter or elsewhere online. However, this in turn changes the approach of other news sources such as newspapers as the news will probably already be broken so different angles might be required. Newspapers now contain more comment or opinion rather than the breaking story.
Familiarity: is it culturally close to us in Britain?
This has changed a lot because of new and digital media, this is because we can now use the internet to read or watch stories from any area in the world. whereas, before new and digital media we would only be informed if it was culturally close to us or if it had an impact on us.
Amplitude: is it a big event or one which involves large numbers of people?
New and digital media has had an impact on how news is determined, this is because small stories which wouldn't have made it into newspapers can now be easily reported via social media to a mass audience.
Frequency: does the event happen fairly regularly?
New and digital media has removed any limitations that there would be on any news stories this is because through citizen journalism we are able to post and publish a particular news story as many times as we want.
Unambiguity: is it clear and definite?
With new and digital media news can be unclear, this is because news via citizen journalism which would usually be a smart phone video recording or image wont have the best quality so therefore it would mean that its unclear.
Surprise: is it a rare or unexpected event?
Rare or unexpected events are usually first shared on social media websites such as Twitter and Facebook this is also because it allows people to share what is happening by posting pictures or videos.
Continuity: has this story already been defined as news?
Anything that is shared via social media can be defined as news depending on what the consumer is interested in.
Elite nations and people: which country has the event happened in? Does the story concern well-known people?
This can help people have a better understanding of what they are interested in. for example new and digital media has enabled us to look into a particular event in a country, or a particular person in a lot more detail than we could've before. We can also look for more local stories aswell.
Negativity: is it bad news?
New and digital media has allowed us to view a wider amount of news and also it has allowed us to avoid bad news or find bad news depending on the consumer.
Balance: the story may be selected to balance other news, such as a human survival story to balance a number of stories concerning death.
New and digital media has removed any balance for news, this is because we are able to pick and choose what we want to consume through the internet, also some people may want to watch the news to hear about one particular story, so therefore, new and digital media has allowed us to do this.
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