News values are intrinsic standards adhered to by media professionals and organisations in an effort to produce news worthy of reporting. News values are based on a variety of ideals ranging from capitalism to ethics to entertainment. The way in which media is shaped is heavily reliant on the individual news provider’s implementation and handling of news values. News practices both globally and locally can be analysed alongside Galtung and Ruge’s (1974) twelve news values’ and McGregor’s (2002)
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Consumerism is defined as‚ "The movement seeking to protect and inform consumers by requiring such practices as honest packaging and marketing‚ product guarantees‚ and improved safety standards; and the theory that a progressively greater consumption of goods is economically beneficial." (dictionary.com). The definition of consumerism and the image depicted by a large majority of today’s society contradict one another to a great degree. Consumerism is a part of a perpetual monetary cycle that fuels today’s
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and huge development in the communications and digital industry opened opportunities to do business across great distances and/or in entirely new ways. It has opened the possibility to trade and exchange a variety of services on both national and global levels. Outsourcing became one of the most popular tools of business transformation in order to adapt to a new world and a highly competitive market. Let’s try to explore what outsourcing is; when it began and how it evolved; the main reasons behind
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Is technology good or bad for young children? This question is on a lot of people’s minds. If you’ve ever seen a child with a touchscreen computer like a smartphone or an iPad‚ it’s easy to understand why. The devices seem to enchant kids like few things that have come before – reliably absorbing them for a surprisingly long time. And good luck taking one away! (Angry baby…) Many parents experience conflicting feelings about their kids’ powerful attraction to touchscreen computers. On the
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Is the internet good or bad? There is currently a lot of debate surrounding the topic of the internet. On one hand‚ many people feel that the internet is having a negative impact on our society. Their reasons include topics such as cyber safety or more specifically; pornographic sites‚ piracy‚ fraud and other nasty stuff. Many of these people feel that the use of the internet should be highly restricted in order to ensure the safety of the general public. Others argue that how and why the public
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one must decide what exactly makes a "good" or "bad" government. The actual role of the government is very debatable‚ however in general all governments provide some degree of security‚ infrastructure‚ and organization of the State and is upheld by the social contract everyone signs metaphorically‚ or in some cases literally‚ by simply living in the State. That is the general role of a government. It appears by Churchill’s statement that there is no "good" government. I agree to this to an extent
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Dieting is good or bad thing?? Diet is a program in which a person goes through certain types of eating habits and exercises to control his weight. When we talk about diet‚ we should remember that some people use it in a good way to change their bad-eating habits like taking lots of sugars‚ salts or even lipids. On the other hand‚ the fizzy drinks in large amounts also contribute to a non-healthy lifestyle. For example: a large amount of Pepsi can lead to softening of the bone contents
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Bombings‚ New Delhi bombing‚ the London bombing and even the lindt café siege‚ what do they all have in common… They were acts of terrorism. What is terrorism? Terrorism is defined as the unofficial or unauthorized use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims‚ but how does the media portray terrorism? The media portrays terrorism as bad people doing bad things and show those fighting it as good men doing good things but when do they talk about the “good Men” doing bad things?
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POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE 1. In your own opinion is politics good or bad? * For me politics is both good and bad. Good because we can use this as a way to serve and help people in our country. We can also use politics to create or form a law to help improve our economy and our country. But on the other side of it‚ politics can also be used for bad purposes and personal agendas. Politicians can overuse their power to have lots of benefits just for them. Here in the Philippines‚ there are
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People’s personalities are based on their good and bad habits. Good and bad habits can influence everyone’s personal and social life‚ they also can help better on your life‚ and bad habits can make it worse. Bad habits can make people’s lives worse than how it was. A lot of people Stay up late at night whether for work or for entertainment. This is a bad habit because it can have a bad influence in your daily life and even be bad for your health. For instance‚ one would not be atentive and lack
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