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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Journalism Terms and Definitions

Alternate Media

Media not in mainstream run by individuals or organizations.

Bandwidth

Difference in the range of frequencies used on a particular transmission channel

Broadloid

A growing tendency of broadsheet newspapers to adopt the stories and styles of tabloid reporting.

Cartoons

'Cartoons are the editorials in pictures' - Seymour Ure

Circulation

Number of copies of an edition in a paricular print medium, sold or otherwise distributed.

Ethnicity

The word is derived from the Greek word 'ethnos', meaning people or nation. An ethnic group is a cultural phenomenon in which tradition, language, religion, custom and common experience from the salient traits.