News Values – News values include how important a story is, how large a segment of the population is likely to be interested in it and so on. Proximity. … Prominence. … Timeliness. … Oddity. … Consequence. … Conflict. … Human interest. … Extremes/superlatives
Gatekeepers – Gatekeepers are the at a high level, data decision makers who control information flow to an entire social system. Based on personal preference, professional experience, social influences, or bias they allow certain information to pass through the their audience.
Regulation / Deregulation – Regulation refers to the whole process of control or guidance, by established rules and procedures, applied by governments and other political and administrative authorities to all kinds of media activities. Regulation is always a potential intervention in ongoing activities, usually for some stated “public interest” goal, but also to serve the needs of the market (for instance, by supporting competition) or for reasons of technical efficiency (for instance, setting technical standards).
Free market vs Monopolies & Mergers –
Media concentration / Conglomerates / Globalisation (in terms of media ownership) –
