News Value

Negativity

The Nepal earthquake can fit any other type of news value's but mainly it would fit the negativity value. A devastating earthquake that would wipe out an entire country and kills thousands of people would mostly likely become a major news story all around the world. This fits the negativity column perfectly as it contains death, dramatic images, people running for lives & tragedy. This would create questions in the minds of the audience as they would wonder what happens to the survivors, what was going through the minds of the people who were suffering from the earthquake. 


Closeness to home

The general election would fit the closeness to home value perfectly as it contains voting from the public. A election to decide who becomes the UK's new leader would affect every person across the UK as the new leaders would change the way bills, taxes, education, etc works. This is why it fits into the closeness to home value. 

Immediacy

The 9/11 would fit other values such as, negativity, this would fit the immediacy as it major news all around the world. Mainly in America, this news story would also fit the Immediacy as it is all over the media/social media as everyone remembers all those who has been killed in this major event.

Simplicity

The German wings plane crash fits the simplicity section perfectly as it is easy for a news company to broadcast and explain the news story. The audience would understand exactly what is going on. A plane crash is easy to understand as one mistake has a high impact on what the plane will do next. It would attract a high number of audience's as they would want to know how it happened and what happened to the passengers, did they die? did any survive?

Uniqueness

This would fit the uniqueness category perfectly as it is unusual to see someone famous/speical take an object from the audience. Famous/Special people wouldent really take objects such as foods from the audience as they would not know what it contains, it may contain something they are allergic to or possibly poison. This is why it fits the uniqueness category.

Elite nations or people

The royal couple have another baby, which is why it is placed in the elite nations or people category. The royal couple are a very important people in the United Kingdom, and for them to add another family member to that important family is major in the UK. They had also shown interviews and gave us in depth history, this is how important the royal family is.