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[vc_custom_heading text=”Newsworthiness is Defined” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”]

In some countries and at some points in history, what news media and the public have considered “newsworthy” has met different definitions, such as the notion of news values.

[vc_custom_heading text=”Folk News” use_theme_fonts=”yes”]

Sufficiently important news would be repeated quickly and often, and could spread by word of mouth over a large geographic area.

[vc_custom_heading text=”Greek Forum” use_theme_fonts=”yes”]

Even as printing presses came into use in Europe, news for the general public often travelled orally via monks, travelers, town criers, etc.

[vc_custom_heading text=”Early News” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”]

Visible chains of long distance signaling, known as optical telegraphy, have also been used throughout history to convey limited types of information.

[vc_custom_heading text=”News Network” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”]

Thus, political, religious, and commercial interests have historically controlled, expanded, and monitored communications channels.

[vc_custom_heading text=”Newspaper” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”]

The spread of paper and the printing press from China to Europe preceded a major advance in the transmission of news and new channels.