A comparative study of the news values of online mass media, Focuses on soft news and hard news on the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic

Abstract

        A study comparing the news value of soft news online and hard news media in the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic. The objective is to study the types of news, news quality and the news value of online media, soft news and hard news in the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic. Content analysis was quantitatively applied to 3 media types of soft news and hard news media during the period 1-31 October 2021, totaling 186 items.

        The results of the study found that the type of news that most soft-focused online media offer is sports news, followed by entertainment news and crime news. Most of the hard news media featured the most political news, followed by economic news, Information Technology news. Both types of media have the same news quality, all three rankings are the best in terms of accuracy and completeness, followed by timeliness and 3rd in balance and fairness.

        The news value of the two media is largely the same as the most up-to-date aspect. The second thing is the same in almost all media is reputation. The only difference is the Post Today which is valuable, impact news. And the list of the media focusing on soft news is the same in Thairath, Khaosod and the overview is progress. But the Daily News, unlike other media, is the least controversial. The media that focuses on hard news has the least value of news. All media are about sex.