Who analysed the British press in 2001 and came up with 10 common news values?

• Harput and O'teal

• Harcup and O'Neill

• Harry and Neil

• Blumler and Katz

What are news values?

• Criteria that influence the selection and presentation of events as published news.

• A list of UK national newspapers in order of popularity.

• Newspapers in order of price.

• News that is cheap.

Which news values are used on the splash?

• Magnitude

• The power elite

• Bad news

• Follow up

What news values are in the splash?

• Celebrity

• Entertainment

• Good news

• Magnitude

Which is NOT one of Harcup and O'Neill's news values?

• The Power Elite

• Celebrity

• Entertainment

• Good news

• Disaster

Which of Harcup and O'Neill's news values deals with stories concerning powerful individuals, organisations, and institutions?

Which news values are in the splash?

• Magnitude

• Celebrity

• Newspaper agenda

• Entertainment

Which of the following best describes the news value of 'Magnitude'?

• The story involves an unusual or unexpected event.

• The story affects a large number of people or has significant consequences.

• he story highlights a conflict or argument between people.

• The story involves a well-known celebrity.

True or False: According to Harcup and O'Neill, 'Entertainment' as a news value means that a story should always be humorous.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Entertainment' refers to stories that are engaging, interesting, or have an element of human interest, not necessarily humour.

Harcup and O'Neill's ​ (a)   are a list of ​ (b)   criteria that are common in ​ (c)   UK newspapers.

• news values
• ten
• national
• fifteen
• news agenda
• eight
• local
• news genres
• news types