Breaking "News": Majority Can't Define Mass Communication

Autor/in	Ells, Kevin
Titel	Breaking "News": Majority Can't Define Mass Communication
Quelle	In: Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 74 (2019) 1, S.92-101 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1077-6958
DOI	10.1177/1077695818756738
Schlagwörter	Mass Media; News Media; Definitions; Journalism Education; Audiences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Massenmedien; Nachrichtenwesen; Begriffsbestimmung; Spectator; Zuschauer
Abstract	Current communication textbooks proffer conflicting, vague, or incomplete definitions of the core concepts of "mass communication" and "news," contributing to confusion among students, and subsequently in the public sphere, of what experts in the field mean when discussing news and mass media. The analysis in this article disentangles a clear definition of mass communication from the related concepts of mass media and mediated communication, as well as clearly differentiating the concept of "news" from the adjacent concepts of journalism and entertainment. Discussion concludes with implications for communication education and improved public understanding of the field. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01