Comparing national and local News stories

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Comparing National and Local News stories 

After analyzing both local and national news stories, I have found both similarities and differences between the two


I chose both national and local news stories, based on their news values. Moreover, I found that in both national and local news articles, the 5W's are usually found at the start of the story.  

Below I have analysed both a National and Local news article, with the 5W's pointed out: 

National


Local



Dominant news values for local news: 

Familiarity 
Surprise
Amplitude
Negativity
Continuity
Scandal 

Dominant news values for national news:

Surprise
Familiarity
Amplitude
Conflict
Elite people
Negativity
Immediacy 

In both National and Local news articles, they share the dominant news values of familiarity, amplitude, surprise and negativity.  

For Local news, familiarity is the most important as it focuses on how geographically close it is to the reader, and is present in every Local news article. 

Amplitude is also dominant for both National and Local news, however it is more common in National. 

If amplitude is present in Local news, it is because the story has an effect on many people living within the community. 

If amplitude is present in National news, it is because the story has an effect on people around the country.

Negativity was often present in both National and Local news stories. This is due to the majority of news articles being bad news, due to readers being most drawn to this.  

Personalisation was often found in Local news stories. This is because these articles focus on news in smaller communities, where as National news stories focus on news in countries. Within smaller communities, readers of the article are more likely to be personally connected to the news story. 

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