Frankenstein
Who is Mary Shelley?
This news value is all about how recent an event is. A story that just happened is more likely to make headlines.
What is timeliness?
How reliable something is.
What is reliability?
One is based on or influenced by personal feelings or opinion while the other is a natural inclination, often unconscious, in favor of or against a person or idea
What is the different between bias and subjective?
Scientist who creates the monster
This value makes a story more newsworthy if it involves someone famous, powerful, or influential.
What is prominence?
The idea of an interconnected world made possible by technology
What is global village?
They were cheap, tabloid-style newspapers mass-produced in the United States from the 1830s onwards
What is the penny press?
The reason that the monster is sad/angry
What is loneliness?
When a story happens close to home, it matters more to the audience. This news value focuses on geographic or emotional closeness.
What is proximity?
Something being kept secret or under wraps.
What is confidentiality?
The novel reflects this movement, emphasizing emotion and nature over reason.
What is Romanticism?
This is the genre that Frankenstein is a part of
This news value is used when something surprising or highly unusual happens, such as a man biting a dog instead of the other way around.
What is unexpectedness?
A radio host who says shocking or controversial things.
What is a shock jock?
Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration
What is Yellow journalism?
The man who Victor tells his story to.
Who is Robert Walton?
This value considers whether the story has emotional impact or causes strong feelings like sadness, inspiration, or anger.
What is human interest?
Exposing controversial information for the sake of exposing it to the public.
What is muckraking?
This book found by the Creature teaches him about sorrow, loss, and human emotion.
What is Paradise Lost?