Thursday, 21 November 2013

Local News Analysis 10/Technology

This article from BBC News UK is about the word 'Selfie' being named as the word of 2013 by the Oxford Dictionary.


















Below is a link to the rest of the article:

Selfie named word of 2013- Technology article

The 5Ws:
Who- The Oxford dictionary
What- They name the word 'selfie' the word of 2013
Where- Oxford
When- This week
Why- Because research suggested its frequency in the English language had increased by 17,000% in the last year

News values:
Familiarity- The article is geographically close to the readers 
Frequency- Every year there is a word named word of the year
Predictability- Ever year there is a word named word of the year so we where expecting it to happen, and it is no surprise considering the popularity of the word chosen

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