Newspaper

 

1. The three news items I have picked are about Prince Charles, Joe Hart and interest of petrol because these are the three most popular and have a working class background.

2.I chose Prince Charles as he is someone that is from high class and is well known by the target audience. He is presented as being an important person in the media as he is well known and popular in todays society.  This has news value as most people have interest in knowing about the Royal family and what they are doing. The target audience would be male and females which are educated about the royal family and how high of a population they have.

I also chose Joe hart as he is a popular footballer and is a a maximum age which means he may be at the stage of retiring. The target audience would be male which are particularly interested in football and are supporters. For example, a football fan would be watching Joe Hart as he is known well by them. Whereas a none football supporter wouldn't really read something about him if they don't know him well enough. A sense of 'Proximity' as the closer the event is coming the more likely people are wanting to know.

I also chose the interest of petrol as this impacts multiple people because they will be planning to get a house soon and will have to pay the interest. This is a sense of negativity as it would cost individuals more than they thought when putting petrol in their car. This has higher news value as people need to know about the interest as it is a common thing for people who use cars daily. This is a high target audience of male and women which are highly educated and it has a sense of proximity in the news. A sense of 'negativity' as bad news always has a higher news value than good news.