News values: a review of academic literature

Authors

  • Isaias Molina Universidad Autónoma del Caribe
  • Natalia Camargo Universidad Autónoma del Caribe (Barranquilla-Colombia).
  • Alex Guerrero Corporación Universitaria de Investigación y Desarrollo (Bucaramanga-Colombia).
  • Loreta Magallanes Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15665/.v16i01.1410

Keywords:

medios masivos, valores noticiosos, estudios en periodismo, noticiabilidad.

Abstract

This article reviews the academic literature of the concept “News Values” on the first phase research “Effects of the photography of homicide, accidents and injured on the human emotion”. The objective is to research trends, methodology, origin of studies, journals that publish them, among other aspects. The methodology used was content analysis with a sample to 50 articles using inclusion and exclusion criteria. The findings suggest the identification of six emerging trends in academic literature: 1. Typology of news values. 2. Selection of the news. 3. Media coverage. 4. Journalistic routines. 5. Web and 6. Social media. It concludes evidencing a concentration of the research focused in European journals, located in Scopus and null presence studies of Latin America.

Author Biographies

Isaias Molina, Universidad Autónoma del Caribe

Doctor en Comunicación Social. Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina). Magíster en comunicación. Universidad del Norte. Docente del Programa de Comunicación Social y Periodismo. Universidad Autónoma del Caribe.

Natalia Camargo, Universidad Autónoma del Caribe (Barranquilla-Colombia).

Comunicadora Social y Periodista. Semillero de investigación.

Alex Guerrero, Corporación Universitaria de Investigación y Desarrollo (Bucaramanga-Colombia).

Candidato a Doctor en Comunicación Social. Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina). Docente del Programa de Comunicación Social de la Corporación Universitaria de Investigación y Desarrollo (Bucaramanga-Colombia).

Loreta Magallanes, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina).

Doctora en Comunicación Social. Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina). Docente de Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina).

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2017-10-27

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Molina, I., Camargo, N., Guerrero, A., & Magallanes, L. (2017). News values: a review of academic literature. Encuentros, 16(01). https://doi.org/10.15665/.v16i01.1410

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