Lect 1 definition of journalism lecture
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This document defines journalism and discusses its various forms. It provides a quote stating that journalism embraces all forms through which news and commentary reach the public, including events and ideas that interest the public. The document then states that journalism involves gathering, interpreting, and reporting information to audiences through various media. Finally, it notes that journalism refers to news or feature stories expressed through different media types, with the main purpose of journalists being to report accurate news, and that over time different types of journalism have developed within the field of mass media.
Lect 1 definition of journalism lecture
- 1. Definitionof Journalism Lecture -1 “Something that embraces all forms in which and through which the news and comments on the news reach the public. All that happens in the world, if such happenings hold interest for the public, and all the thought, actions, and ideas which these happenings stimulate become the materials for the journalist.”-F. Fraser Bond Journalismis a hands-on, professionally oriented major that involves gathering, interpreting, distilling, and reporting information to audiences through a variety of media. Journalismmajors learn about every conceivable kind of Journalism (including magazine, newspaper, online journalism, photojournalism, broadcast journalism, and public relations). Journalismrefers to the news or feature stories (light, entertainment stories) that are expressed either in a descriptiveway or concise pattern through different types of media. A journalistreports news, which can be used in print, on television, aired on radio or even published on the Internet. The main purposeof a journalistis to report news with accurate facts. However, throughoutthe years, there have been differenttypes of journalismdeveloped that havegiven different dimensions to the field of mass media. Read on to know moreabout the various types of journalism.