Last update: 9. October 2023

name: News factors
author: Harald Klein
literature: Computerunterstützte Inhaltsanalyse, Münster 1996 (in German), ph.d. thesis
software format: (Intext) TextQuest - originally developed using Intext (MS-DOS)
number of categories: 16
number of search patterns: 889
language: German

The categories are (English), based o Siegfried Weischenberg's model of news factors:
1 Ausmaß eines Ereignisses (scope of an event)
2 Konsequenzen eines Ereignisses (consequences of an event)
3 Nähe (Ort und Wichtigkeit des Ereignisses) - closeness (place and importance of an event)
4 Prominenz (prominent people)
5 Aktualität (current affair)
6 Kuriosität, Ungewöhnliches (curiosity, uncommonness)
7 Kampf, Konflikt (fight conflict)
8 Humor, Spaß (humour, fun)
9 Romantik (romance)
10 Spannung, Ungewissheit (tense, insecureness)
11 Alter (age)
12 Sex, Liebe (sex, love)
13 Wissenschaft, Fortschritt (science, progress)
14 Abenteuer, Risiko (adventure, risk)
15 Tragödie (tragedy)
16 Tiere (animals)