Newspapers

Gatekeeping:
A term which is applied to the editing and filtering process where decisions are made to let some information pass through to the reader (audience) and other information remains barred.

News Values
Galtung and Ruge
Media researches who analyse international news stories to find out what kind of stories came to of the news 'agenda' worldwide and what factors placed them at the top of the news agenda.

KEYWORDS

Threshold: The bigger the impact and reach of the story.
Unexpectedness: An event that is a shock or out of the ordinary
Negativity: Bad news is more interesting 'if it bleeds it leads'
Elite person/places: Stories that are about important people and powerful nations
Unambiguous: Stories that are easy to understand and for papers to report on
Personalisation: Stories that include human interest- 'Real people'
Proximity: Stories that are closer to home and more likely to be included
Continuity/currency: Stories that are already in the news continue to run and are updated