GeNRe-

My study does not particulary look at "genre" ...however it can be said the genre of "polictical" text is being studied in order to get a conclusion for my study.

however it can be seen as the "news" genre,,,and this can be broken down into radio, tv,...ect...


T.V- tv news is very very factual, i mean if im looking at bbc, and sky news as my main source of Tv news, it is very to the point, tells u the story, as it happens, its live and its quick, it lets you know the main facts of a story with not much opinion.

newspaper- newspaper are more opinionated, they can express stories after they know the whole story. They hold more facts and becuase they know much more they tend to be much more detailed then tv reports.

this is a site talkin about news value:


News values
At the outset, Meyrowitz identifies Agran's lack of media exposure as being what prevented him from obtaining media exposure. He was repeatedly referred to throughout the campaign (if at all) as an 'outside contender', a 'dark horse' and so on. Since he was never presented by the mainstream national media as a serious contender for the candidacy, he was unable to achieve the airtime on TV or radio debates, which might have enabled him to be seen as a serious contender. This is an example of the circularity implicit in Galtung's and Ruge's news value of 'reference to élite persons'. Certain persons, by virtue of the position they occupy, qualify as élite persons. Thus certain candidates were guaranteed some media exposure, for a while at least, from the very beginning of the campaign by virtue of holding élite posts as state governors, senators etc. Agran was the mayor of a small town. Apart from those in élite posts, the media pay attention to anyone who is important, but, of course, anyone who is important is in the news. Catch-22: if you're not in the news, you're not important, so you don't get into the news.
What is particularly interesting is the continued failure of Agran's campaign to gain any significant media attention even after four of the candidates had withdrawn from the Democratic field. Agran achieved more new York votes to be placed on the ballot than Jerry Brown, but only Jerry Brown was permitted to speak in New York City's public debates with Bill Clinton. At one point, Agran stood up and spoke from the floor of a debate on urban problems, his speciality, stating 'I respectfully ask to be included in this forum'. he was promptly wrestled to the ground, dragged outside and arrested. Even his arrest fuelled little media interest. Even the fact that he remained under threat of imprisonment as a result of this incident for the following ten months and his repeated attempts to focus attention on the implications of that for an open society generated little attention. Meyrowitz's research suggests that a variety of factors contribute to the disregard of Agran's


here the link:http://www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk/MUHome/cshtml/media/agenda1.html