265. Media
See also 237. LANGUAGE STYLE ; 343. RADIO .
- feuilletonism
- 1. the practice among European newspapers of allowing space, usually at the bottom of a page or pages, for fiction, criticism, columnists, etc.
- 2. the practice of writing critical or familiar essays for the feuilleton pages. —feuilletonist , n.
- journalese
- language typical of journalists and newspapers or magazines, characterized by use of neologism and unusual syntax. Also called newspaperese.
- journalism
- 1. the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news.
- 2. the occupation of running a news organization as a business.
- 3. the press, printed publications, and their employees.
- 4. an academie program preparing students in reporting, writing, and editing for periodicals and newspapers. —journalist , n. — journalistic , adj.
- kinescope
- 1. a type of cathode-ray tube used in the reception of television images.
- 2. a recording of a television program on motion-picture film.
- kinetophone
- an apparatus for projecting sound and pictures by a combination of a phonograph and a kinetoscope.
- kinetoscope
- an early apparatus for producing a moving picture. See also 226. INSTRUMENTS . Cf. kinetophone .
- newspaperese
- journalese.
- periodicalist
- a person who publishes or writes for a periodical.
- photojournalism
- a form of journalism in which photographs play a more important part than written copy. —photojournalist , n.
- propagandism
- 1. the action, practice, or art of propagating doctrines, as in the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge.
- 2. the deliberate spreading of information or ideas to promote or injure a cause, nation, etc. —propagandist , n. —propagandistic , adj.
- reportage
- 1. the act or process of reporting news.
- 2. an account of a current or historical event, not appearing in conventional news media, written in a journalistic style.
- sensationalism
- the act of shocking or intent to shock, especially through the media; the practice of using startling but superficial efïects, in art, literature, etc., to gain attention. See also 248. LITERARY STYLE ; 312. PHILOSOPHY . —sensationalist , n.
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