Summary News And Public Opinion - 1746 Words

Module: News and Public Opinion What’s the story? Student ID: w1421939 Student name: Heidi Yuanhong Huang Introduction: Factual information gathered by news organizations would be presented to the public in the forms of stories rather than merely a set of facts. Stories are more likely to appeal to the audience, as they more digestible and relatable than an array of facts. At the same time, the story format is more likely to influence the audience, which to some extent gives power to the writers or the news organizations that are in charge of the process of transforming a set of factual information into a news story. However, the audience of news is the demand that news suppliers have to answer to and they are exposed to a†¦show more content†¦Another thing that happens behind the scene of the news we read, see or listen to is the screening of information and materials. Journalists receive a tremendous amount of information daily from different sources, which they then have to decide which ones are newsworthy. We tell stories for different reasons and it is logical to assume that journalists do so as well. (Schudson, 2011) Decisions are made consciously or not by the news writers when establishing the relationships among the factual information they have gathered and confirmed. There are a number of factors affecting the decisions: organizational ones, commercial ones, political ones and so on. Journalists often find themselves under a lot of pressure facing deadlines, they are also asked to write to answer the requirements from their editors, in terms of timing, themes, content, etc. They write competitively within and outside of the news agencies they work for, which gives them the tendency of writing to please the audience, in terms of content and format. Journalists do not need to be taught to write in the story format and switch to a grieving tone when it is a tragic story. The story format helps readers to understand information and is more likely to provoke emotions that lead to engagement. Journalists in different news organizations are the ones crafting the moral of the stories. It is also essential that news