Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Local News Analysis 2/Politics

This article, from the BBC Highlands and Islands, is about the Highland licensing board agreeing on a new policy on sales of alcohol.


















Below is a link to the rest on the article:

New policy on off-sales agreed- Politics article

The 5Ws:
Who- The Highland Licensing Board
What- They agreed on a new policy on off-sales
Where- the Highlands
When- November 2013
Why- Because the Highlands were known as having the greatest incidence of alcohol-related harm

News values:

Familiarity- This article is from Highland and Island News and the article is about a policy in the Highlands, Scotland. Therefore it's geographically close to the readers 
Amplitude- A policy for the whole of the Highlands was changed and therefore it will affect all the people in the region
Surprise- Laws don't often change 
Continuity- Articles about changing the policy have been in the news before
Conflict- The Highland Licensing Board has to create this new policy because harm is being caused due to alcohol consumption

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