The nature of news
The Nature of News
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After studying the assigned reading21stCentury Communication: A Reference Handbook: Chapter 65: “The Changing Nature of ‘News’and considering the concepts of timeliness, proximity, oddity, prominence, impact, conflict, and human interest, provide a current example of a compelling news story. Answer the following questions or prompts:
A) Why is it compelling? Which of the concepts does it exemplify?
B) In general, how have these concepts been challenged by the advent of immediacy in a news release?
Support your responses with research from the LearningResources.UseAPA in-text citations where necessary and cite any outside sources.Create an APA Reference List at the end ofthe document.
Submit theresponses in the file submission area for this assignment. For example, if you choose to add a file by attaching an MS Word or PDF document, please also copy and paste your response into the comments area.
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