Part Two
Part Three
Stories From Start To End
In this blog post I will be explaining the different types of News Values that are used in each story and will be identifying its source. The values and sources can differ from each story and have a clever way of getting the most out each event.
Part One
In Part One of the news programme, they have used a lot of 'Compositions' where the pattern of national, international and national, is used. However this isn't true all the way through the programme. There is also signs of Negative, Positive, Negative, within the programme.
As you can see from Part One, they have used a story about a car bomb going off in Northern Ireland. This story is national due to it happening in the UK, and has evidence of 'Frequency' (story happened the night before the programme), 'Meaningfulness' (could affect local people in Northern Ireland), 'Personalisation' (locals tell their story and more information is given by another reporter), and there are also evidence of 'Negativity' (car bomb is not positive, people nearly killed). There is also signs of 'Visuality', where footage of the scene is shown on the programme (car on fire after bomb). Signs of 'Continuity' can be seen in this story as similar occurrences have been seen in the past. I think they have chosen this story to start off the programme because it has a lot of News Values in it and it is also eye catching and draws the audience in as it is a local story and is quite negative. Negative stories and mostly the ones that catch people's eye. I believe that the source for these stories were the Police (the news reader speaks about the police and an interview by the police is given), Members of the Public (interviews from locals are given), Blogs and Social Media (footage from other video sources are shown), and the Government (Downing Street is mentioned).
As you can see from Part One, they have used a story about a car bomb going off in Northern Ireland. This story is national due to it happening in the UK, and has evidence of 'Frequency' (story happened the night before the programme), 'Meaningfulness' (could affect local people in Northern Ireland), 'Personalisation' (locals tell their story and more information is given by another reporter), and there are also evidence of 'Negativity' (car bomb is not positive, people nearly killed). There is also signs of 'Visuality', where footage of the scene is shown on the programme (car on fire after bomb). Signs of 'Continuity' can be seen in this story as similar occurrences have been seen in the past. I think they have chosen this story to start off the programme because it has a lot of News Values in it and it is also eye catching and draws the audience in as it is a local story and is quite negative. Negative stories and mostly the ones that catch people's eye. I believe that the source for these stories were the Police (the news reader speaks about the police and an interview by the police is given), Members of the Public (interviews from locals are given), Blogs and Social Media (footage from other video sources are shown), and the Government (Downing Street is mentioned).
The next story seems to be more of a positive story and is national, as it is set in the UK. This story contains values of 'Meaningfulness' (is relevant to local people in England). The story is fairly straight forward as it uses figures like "19 successful groups". This is called 'Unambiguity'. This story also has evidence of 'Personalisation' as information is given by people involved in the story. Parts of international information is given which gives evidence of some 'Composition'. I think this story was added next to the Northern Ireland bomb attack because the school story was a positive story and again, it was local and can affect local people within the area of England and the UK. I think that the sources for this story are the Government (Government set up this school event), Blogs and Social Media (story has been going on for sometime and has been talked about for a while), and Members of the Public (interviews by local people are given).
The last two stories of Pat One, are more serious but are not as dramatic as the car bomb in Northern Ireland. These last two stories reveal some news values. In the armed robbery story there are signs of 'Continuity' (the man accused of armed robbery was a past story and is now being developed), and the story of about terrorist film has values of 'Unexpectedness' (footage of people dressed as terrorist filming in public can be seen as unusual). In both stories there are signs of 'Visuality' as footage of the stories are shown. Also these stories seem to have some 'Composition' to them, as the previous story was positive and is now moving over to serious. I believe these stories were added to fill in time for the show, as hardly any further information was given. I think that the sources for the armed robbery story are courts (information about the armed robber going to court is very detailed), and Police (armed robber was caught and police must have given a statement). I believe that the sources for the terrorist film are Blogs and Social Media (footage of the film is shown by another video source), and Courts (as the film was shown to crown court and a statement was given).
The next story about Cheryl Cole is a bit more positive in contrast to the previous story given. It shows values of 'Frequency' (quote used "This Morning", shows the story is frequently new), 'Meaningfulness' (can target the entertainment audience), 'Continuity' (similar stories of Cheryl have been in the news), 'Elite Person' (Cheryl is well know across the world), 'Personalisation' (story is explained more by an Entertainment Corespondent), and 'Visuality' (footage of Cheryl in the airport). I think this was added because, as said before, it targets the entertainment audience. I believe that the sources for this story are Prominent People ("Cheryl Cole states..."), Airports (footage of her leaving the airport is shown), Blogs and Social Media (story has been going on for a while and has been profiled everywhere), and information is given by a Entertainment Corespondent.
Before the programme goes onto the next story, it summaries some stories already told and what will be coming up later in the show. Some stories like the Car Bomb in Northern Ireland and the Cheryl Cole split from Ashley, is said to be developed further through the programme.
After the summary, the next story given is about Toyota failing to deal with their safety issues on their vehicles, which has lead to some serious consequences like death. This story is serious in sense that it has caused death. It holds news values of 'Unambiguity' (gives figures of how many cars were recalled), 'Continuity' (accidents linked to the safety issues are shown), 'Personalisation' (statements are given by locals and more information is given by another reporter), 'Negativity' (people have died), 'Visuality' (footage of crashes of Toyota vehicles are shown), and 'Meaningfulness' (relates to everyone who owns a Toyota vehicle). I think that because of the high population of Toyota owners, it is the main reason for this story being in this news programme. Also signs of 'Composition' can be seen as the previous stories are somewhat national only, whereas this one is national and international. I believe that the sources for this story are Companies ("Toyota has admitted.."), Diary Events ("in congress today.."), and Members of the Public (interviews from locals are given).
The next story is about a young girl murdering an old women. This story is only about 10 seconds long and does not explain a lot in detail. I think this is because there have been so many negative stories and by explaining another one would put-off some of the audience. However the short story has some values. These are 'Unexpectedness' (teenager kills over cigarette), and 'Unambiguity' (figures are given by the news reader). This story and the next two are part of a 'Composition' of short stories. I think that the sources for this story are Police (girl was arrested and a statement was probably given), and the Court (information about how long the young girl will spend in jail is given by the court).
The next story given is a lot less negative but still serious. It is again another short story and has news values of 'Frequency' (not a big story, so must be recent). I believe that the source of this story is Companies (BBC investigation was carried out).
The next story is again short and is has a news value of 'Frequency' (not a big story, so must be recent), and 'Meaningfulness' (relates to the football audience). I think that the only source of this story is Companies (owner of football club gave a comment about the administration of the club).
The last story of Part Two goes through the end of Part Two and continues in Part Three. The story talks about UK banks lending more money and links it to the British economy. It holds news values of 'Unambiguity' (figures of what the banks are giving out is shown), 'Meaningfulness' (can target an audience that is into politics or who relate to the story), 'Personalisation' (more information and personal opinion is given by another individual), 'Frequency' (recent story which has grew in England), and 'Visuality' (footage of from CGI to real footage is shown). I think this story was added because it is local, as it is in the UK, and targets a wide audience (people who use banks and people who are into politics). I believe that the sources of this story are Government ("liberal democrats say..."), information from a Corespondent is given, Prominent People (information by one member of the Liberal Democrats is given), and Companies (banks say how much they will lend).
The last two stories of Pat One, are more serious but are not as dramatic as the car bomb in Northern Ireland. These last two stories reveal some news values. In the armed robbery story there are signs of 'Continuity' (the man accused of armed robbery was a past story and is now being developed), and the story of about terrorist film has values of 'Unexpectedness' (footage of people dressed as terrorist filming in public can be seen as unusual). In both stories there are signs of 'Visuality' as footage of the stories are shown. Also these stories seem to have some 'Composition' to them, as the previous story was positive and is now moving over to serious. I believe these stories were added to fill in time for the show, as hardly any further information was given. I think that the sources for the armed robbery story are courts (information about the armed robber going to court is very detailed), and Police (armed robber was caught and police must have given a statement). I believe that the sources for the terrorist film are Blogs and Social Media (footage of the film is shown by another video source), and Courts (as the film was shown to crown court and a statement was given).
Part Two
The next story that is presented in Part Two of the BBC News programme, is another serious story and is about a murder of a man in Luton. This story has the news values of 'Threshold' (story is big as it involves a man being torture over 10 years and then murdered), 'Unambiguity' (straight forward figures are given), 'Continuity' (the body was found last may 2009), 'Personalisation' (more information is given by another reporter and a personal statement was given), 'Negativity' (bad news of a death and torture), and 'Visuality' (footage of the house where the man was murdered was shown). This story seems to go in a lot of detail and again is local in the UK. I think it was added because it can relate to a lot of local people in Luton. I believe that the sources for this story are Courts (news reader states the "jury has been hearing.."), Police (prosecution was given), and Other News Media (an early event occurred and was probably reported by other News Programmes).The next story about Cheryl Cole is a bit more positive in contrast to the previous story given. It shows values of 'Frequency' (quote used "This Morning", shows the story is frequently new), 'Meaningfulness' (can target the entertainment audience), 'Continuity' (similar stories of Cheryl have been in the news), 'Elite Person' (Cheryl is well know across the world), 'Personalisation' (story is explained more by an Entertainment Corespondent), and 'Visuality' (footage of Cheryl in the airport). I think this was added because, as said before, it targets the entertainment audience. I believe that the sources for this story are Prominent People ("Cheryl Cole states..."), Airports (footage of her leaving the airport is shown), Blogs and Social Media (story has been going on for a while and has been profiled everywhere), and information is given by a Entertainment Corespondent.
Before the programme goes onto the next story, it summaries some stories already told and what will be coming up later in the show. Some stories like the Car Bomb in Northern Ireland and the Cheryl Cole split from Ashley, is said to be developed further through the programme.
After the summary, the next story given is about Toyota failing to deal with their safety issues on their vehicles, which has lead to some serious consequences like death. This story is serious in sense that it has caused death. It holds news values of 'Unambiguity' (gives figures of how many cars were recalled), 'Continuity' (accidents linked to the safety issues are shown), 'Personalisation' (statements are given by locals and more information is given by another reporter), 'Negativity' (people have died), 'Visuality' (footage of crashes of Toyota vehicles are shown), and 'Meaningfulness' (relates to everyone who owns a Toyota vehicle). I think that because of the high population of Toyota owners, it is the main reason for this story being in this news programme. Also signs of 'Composition' can be seen as the previous stories are somewhat national only, whereas this one is national and international. I believe that the sources for this story are Companies ("Toyota has admitted.."), Diary Events ("in congress today.."), and Members of the Public (interviews from locals are given).
The next story is about a young girl murdering an old women. This story is only about 10 seconds long and does not explain a lot in detail. I think this is because there have been so many negative stories and by explaining another one would put-off some of the audience. However the short story has some values. These are 'Unexpectedness' (teenager kills over cigarette), and 'Unambiguity' (figures are given by the news reader). This story and the next two are part of a 'Composition' of short stories. I think that the sources for this story are Police (girl was arrested and a statement was probably given), and the Court (information about how long the young girl will spend in jail is given by the court).
The next story given is a lot less negative but still serious. It is again another short story and has news values of 'Frequency' (not a big story, so must be recent). I believe that the source of this story is Companies (BBC investigation was carried out).
The next story is again short and is has a news value of 'Frequency' (not a big story, so must be recent), and 'Meaningfulness' (relates to the football audience). I think that the only source of this story is Companies (owner of football club gave a comment about the administration of the club).
The last story of Part Two goes through the end of Part Two and continues in Part Three. The story talks about UK banks lending more money and links it to the British economy. It holds news values of 'Unambiguity' (figures of what the banks are giving out is shown), 'Meaningfulness' (can target an audience that is into politics or who relate to the story), 'Personalisation' (more information and personal opinion is given by another individual), 'Frequency' (recent story which has grew in England), and 'Visuality' (footage of from CGI to real footage is shown). I think this story was added because it is local, as it is in the UK, and targets a wide audience (people who use banks and people who are into politics). I believe that the sources of this story are Government ("liberal democrats say..."), information from a Corespondent is given, Prominent People (information by one member of the Liberal Democrats is given), and Companies (banks say how much they will lend).
Part Three
The next story in Part three is about 3 plane spotters from India, who might face imprisonment. It contains News Values of 'Meaningfulness' (can relate to other plane spotters), 'Continuity' (other cases of plane spotting have occurred in the past and is shown), 'Personalisation' (a comment is given by a plane spotter), and 'Visuality' (footage of plane spotting cases have been shown). Some facts were given as well but don't fit into the News Values. I think this story was added because it can relate to a lot of people around the world who plane spot. Also it seems to be an international problem, which links to the value of 'Meaningfulness'. I believe that the sources for this story are Police (men admitted to the police, which must of then leaked to other reporters), Airport (men were staying in the Deli Airport in India), Members of the Public (information is given by relates of the people arrested and by other plane spotters), and Courts (court has told the two people to stay in India).
The next story is about sculptures, that were created by Henry Moore, that have been seen in public all around the UK, but some are not where they are meant to be. It contains News Values of 'Meaningfulness' (can relate to people who like Henry Moore and art), 'Continuity' (thefts about Henry Moore's work were shown), 'Elite Person' (Henry Moore was a well known artist), 'Personalisation' (comments from fans of Henry Moore are given), and 'Visuality' (archive footage and footage of Henry Moore's work is shown). I believe this story was added as it was a bit up lifting from the last story and has a lot of News Values and would appeal to a big target audience (Henry Moore fans). I think that the sources of this story are Members of the Public (comments by locals are given), Council (piece of art removed because of safety fears), Police (theft and vandalism have been reported, footage was also shown), and Blogs and Other Social Media (Henry Moore's art is well known, so research on the internet was probably carried out).
The final story of this BBC news programme is about a dog from Afghanistan receiving a military honor for sniffing out IED's. This story is short and contains News Values of 'Frequency' (event will happen the next day, after this BBC programme), 'Meaningfulness' (appeals to people attending the Ceremony for the military honor), 'Unexpectedness' (dog receiving a medal is not seen in everyday life), and 'Visuality' (footage of the dog is shown to the audience). I think this story was added because it was positive, and was a good way to end the programme. After the dog story, the weather and a quick summary on previous stories are shown. I believe that the sources for this story are the Army (dog is linked to the army, so information was probably gathered by them), and Diary Events (Ceremony for the medal is announced).
So to conclude there are a lot of news values in each story. I think in most of the stories through this BBC News Programme there have seen some evidence of 'Compositions'. This is because some stories go from negative to positive to negative, or either go international to national to international. This was done to give the audience a wide variety of news from all around the world. Also there are different types of sources in each story but in at least every story there is a reporter gathering information along side with other sources.
The next story is about sculptures, that were created by Henry Moore, that have been seen in public all around the UK, but some are not where they are meant to be. It contains News Values of 'Meaningfulness' (can relate to people who like Henry Moore and art), 'Continuity' (thefts about Henry Moore's work were shown), 'Elite Person' (Henry Moore was a well known artist), 'Personalisation' (comments from fans of Henry Moore are given), and 'Visuality' (archive footage and footage of Henry Moore's work is shown). I believe this story was added as it was a bit up lifting from the last story and has a lot of News Values and would appeal to a big target audience (Henry Moore fans). I think that the sources of this story are Members of the Public (comments by locals are given), Council (piece of art removed because of safety fears), Police (theft and vandalism have been reported, footage was also shown), and Blogs and Other Social Media (Henry Moore's art is well known, so research on the internet was probably carried out).
The final story of this BBC news programme is about a dog from Afghanistan receiving a military honor for sniffing out IED's. This story is short and contains News Values of 'Frequency' (event will happen the next day, after this BBC programme), 'Meaningfulness' (appeals to people attending the Ceremony for the military honor), 'Unexpectedness' (dog receiving a medal is not seen in everyday life), and 'Visuality' (footage of the dog is shown to the audience). I think this story was added because it was positive, and was a good way to end the programme. After the dog story, the weather and a quick summary on previous stories are shown. I believe that the sources for this story are the Army (dog is linked to the army, so information was probably gathered by them), and Diary Events (Ceremony for the medal is announced).
So to conclude there are a lot of news values in each story. I think in most of the stories through this BBC News Programme there have seen some evidence of 'Compositions'. This is because some stories go from negative to positive to negative, or either go international to national to international. This was done to give the audience a wide variety of news from all around the world. Also there are different types of sources in each story but in at least every story there is a reporter gathering information along side with other sources.
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