Everything about the News Media totally explained
The
news media refers to the section of the
mass media that focuses on presenting current
news to the public.
These include
print media (
newspapers,
magazines);
broadcast media (
radio stations,
television stations,
television networks), and increasingly
Internet-based
media (
World Wide Web pages,
weblogs).
The term
news trade refers to the concept of the news media as a business separate from, but integrally connected to, the
profession of journalism.
Etymology
A
medium (plural
media) is a carrier of something. Common things carried by media include
information, art, or physical objects. A medium may provide transmission or storage of information or both.
The industries which produce news and entertainment content for the
mass media are often called "the media" (in much the same way the newspaper industry is called "the
press"). In the late 20th century it became commonplace for this usage to be construed as singular ("The media is...") rather than as the traditional plural.
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of
audio and
video signals (programs) to a number of recipients ("listeners" or "viewers") that belong to a large group. This group may be the public in general, or a relatively large audience within the public. Thus, an
Internet channel may distribute text or music world-wide, while a
public address system in (for example) a workplace may broadcast very limited
ad hoc soundbites to a small population within its range.
The sequencing of content in a broadcast is called a
schedule.
Television and radio programs are distributed through radio broadcasting or
cable, often both simultaneously. By coding signals and having
decoding equipment in homes, the latter also enables
subscription-based channels and
pay-per-view services.
A broadcasting
organization may broadcast several programs at the same time, through several channels (
frequencies), for example
BBC One and
Two. On the other hand, two or more organizations may share a channel and each use it during a fixed part of the day.
Digital radio and
digital television may also transmit
multiplexed programming, with several channels
compressed into one
ensemble.
When broadcasting is done via the Internet the term
webcasting is often used.
Broadcasting forms a very large segment of the
mass media.
Broadcasting to a very narrow range of audience is called
narrowcasting.
Newsmagazines
newsmagazine, sometimes called
news magazine, is a usually weekly magazine featuring articles on current events. News magazines generally go a little more in-depth into stories than newspapers, trying to give the reader an understanding of the context surrounding important events, rather than just the facts.
Major news magazines include:
Newspapers
A
newspaper is a lightweight and disposable
publication (more specifically, a
periodical), usually printed on low-cost paper called
newsprint. It may be general or special interest, and may be published daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly.
General-interest newspapers are usually
journals of current
news on a variety of topics. Those can include
political events,
crime,
business,
sports, and opinions (either
editorials,
columns, or
political cartoons). Many also include weather news and
forecasts. Newspapers increasingly use photographs to illustrate stories; they also often include
comic strips and other entertainment, such as
crosswords.
Newsreels
A
newsreel is a
documentary film that's regularly released in a public presentation place containing filmed
news stories.
Created by
Pathé Frères of
France in 1908, this form of film was a staple of the typical North American,
British, and
Commonwealth countries (especially Canada, Australia and New Zealand), and throughout European
cinema programming schedule from the
silent era until the 1960s when television news broadcasting completely supplanted its role.
Pathé would eventually merge with
RKO...
An example of a newsreel story is in the film Citizen Kane (which was prepared by RKO's actual newsreel staff), which includes a fictional newsreel that summarizes the life of the title character.
Online journalism
Online journalism is
reporting and other
journalism produced or distributed via the
Internet.
An early leader was
The News & Observer in
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
Many news organizations based in other media also distribute news online. How much they take advantage of the medium varies. Some news organizations, such as the
Gongwer News Service, use the Web only or primarily.
The Internet challenges traditional news organizations in several ways. They may be losing
classified ads to Web sites, which are often targeted by interest instead of geography. The
advertising on news Web sites is sometimes insufficient to support the investment.
Even before the Internet, technology and perhaps other factors were dividing people's attention, leading to more but narrower media outlets.
Online journalism also leads to the spread of independent online media such as
openDemocracy and the UK,
Wikinews as well as allowing smaller news organizations to publish to a broad audience, such as
mediastrike.
News coverage
By covering news, politics, weather, sports, entertainment, and vital events, the daily media shape the dominant cultural, social and political picture of society. Beyond the media networks, independent news sources have evolved to report on events which escape attention or underlie the major stories. In recent years, the
blogosphere has taken reporting a step further, mining down to the experiences and
perceptions of individual citizens.
An exponentially growing phenomenon, the blogosphere can be abuzz with news that's overlooked by the press and TV networks. Apropos of this was
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 11,000-word
Rolling Stone article
apropos of the
2004 United States presidential election, published
June 1,
2006. By
June 8, there had been no mainstream coverage of the documented allegations by President John F. Kennedy's nephew. On
June 9, this sub-story was covered by a
Seattle Post-Intelligencer article.
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