News Agent

Agenda setting - the news media shows, Media gatekeepers - those who chose the media.

1. Negativity	‘Hard’ News - bad news will almost always be prioritised.
2. Proximity	Things that happen close to home (domestic news) or that involve people from a local area.
3. Recency	“Breaking News’
4. Currency	The ‘value’ of a story. If it is useful for people.
5. Continuity	Stories that are likely to continue for a long time.
6. Simplicity	The easier the story is to understand, the better.
7. Personality	Often ‘soft’ news surrounds personalities in whom the public has an interest eg. Royal family, celebrities, athletes
8. Uniqueness	If a story is unusual or surprising
9. Expectedness	Includes diary events - things that happen at a particular time of the year.
10. Elite nations/people	Western societies such as European countries and the USA will tend to dominate the news.
11. Exclusivity	When a news channel has footage or information that is not yet in possession of others.
12. Threshold	How many people are impacted on by an event.

Detik, Transmedia

Mengenal Pulau Pasir di NTT, Australia Sebut Pulau Cartier

This news talking about an island in Indonesia that has been claimed by Australia falls by the following categories: negativity, proximity, simplicity.

negativity - although a bit implicit, i believe it falls here as what we rightfully own is being claimed by another country which what i’d say is negative

proximity - this news involve Indonesia which is more close range

simplicity - the whole story is easy to understand, like we understand the issue