There are several factors that determine whether a news story will be popular. These factors include relevance, exclusivity, shareability, and magnitude. A story that is both popular and exclusive will be valuable to readers. The more life that is lost, the more people will want to read about it. A story that is shocking or unusual is also more valuable to readers.
Relevance
Relevance of news is the amount of personal interest that a piece of news has for an individual. For example, news coverage of an event that a participant experiences directly or a threat to someone’s life may be personally relevant. A news story that involves news about a loved one may also be personally relevant.
The relevance of news is a multidimensional construct involving many factors. Those factors include the extent to which a story is familiar to the public, the scale at which the news is perceived, and its timing. Relevance is also dependent on the linguistic strategies used to produce the news.
Exclusivity
Exclusivity in news is an important part of news dissemination, but it also carries certain risks. The publication of a story that is exclusive to a single outlet has the potential to discourage other news organizations from publishing it. The practice may also be counterproductive, since it may cause duplication. In the past, newspapers relied on timely accounts to engage their readers, and this practice was reinforced by organizational incentives. Timeliness enhanced the reader’s chances of participating in distant affairs and strengthened the ritualistic nature of news.
The traditional news business is undergoing a transformation. Increasing amounts of content are available online. Rather than buying a paper, people are turning to Twitter, Techmeme, and other news sites for their daily dose of news. There are literally thousands of news aggregators and sites that provide daily news. While news headlines are often the same across all sources, the actual content may not be.
Shareability
Increasingly, news organizations are concerned with the shareability of their articles, a critical issue given the speed at which false information can spread on the Internet. To combat this problem, newspapers can set up systems to notify editors when an article is shared on social media. Shareability alerts, which are triggered when an article is shared more than ten times on Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr, can be used by newspaper editors to ensure that their articles are as accurate as possible.
Research into the content of shared news has also revealed that certain news items are more likely to be shared than others. For example, one study found that news articles that are ‘affective’ or ‘positive’ tend to be more shared than those that are negatively framed.
Magnitude
The “magnitude” of news has a broad meaning that can range from large numbers to extreme behaviours and events. For example, extreme temperatures in an oven or a violent crime can be classified as “extreme news.” The term is also used to describe the value of news based on its exclusivity, and newspapers often draw attention to this aspect in their reporting. In addition, news can be classified into various categories, including entertainment, politics, science, and business.
Magnitude of news is a useful tool in financial markets because it helps practitioners understand how news affects the markets. Different kinds of news have different effects, for example, news about the economy will impact the stock market differently from news about central banks. Regardless of the type of news, researchers have found that a range of factors influences the impact of news in different markets.
Impact
In today’s increasingly competitive and high-choice media environment, the impact of news on people’s perceptions is a major concern. Non-mainstream media are increasingly challenging the credibility of mainstream media by publishing ‘fake news’. In this article, we explore the role of news on people’s beliefs, preferences, and behavior.
Recent studies show that watching negative news can increase our heart rate and have significant effects on our health. For instance, a study of people who were exposed to high levels of stress after 9/11 found that those individuals were 53% more likely to experience cardiovascular problems in three years after the incident. This effect was independent of previous health.