News Values

Introduction/So what is wrong with Galtung and Ruge's News Value system?/Analysing News Values /The key analysis of Galtung and Ruge's Structuring and Selecting News/How To Study News Values/What factors govern the new system?/National Daily Newspapers/Agenda setters - or mirrors on society?/National Television News/The problem child of the news family/Sunday Newspapers/Where news and reflection start to merge/Rolling News/The emergence of rolling news brings with it fresh challenges to the journalist and editor/Radio Broadcast News/Facing a set of challenges and pressures as the digital age embeds itself in modern culture /Smaller Markets and Niches/Beyond the obvious - special cases for the news industry/Regional and Local Television News/Where commerce and community meet - and sometimes collide/The Rise and Rise of Citizen Journalist/How user-generated content is shaping the agenda or not./Corruption of Values/Truths half truths lies censorship coercion and spin/Same story different media different treatments/What can the Litvinenko story tell us about the changing media landscape?/And finally…/The case been made for a fresh approach to the news value system