journalism English · revision 7654

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1791|origins=fr journalisme}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɜːn(ə)lɪzəm/ ''(UK)''; /ˈd͡ʒɝnl̩ˌɪzəm/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|journalisme]] (1781), from journal, a daily publication (see [[journal]]), and -isme, [[-ism]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The business of writing, editing or publishing a newspaper: 1791 in MWU, 1821 in Etymonline, 1833 in the OED;^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) at first regarded as a French word in English.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In 1831 the ''New Monthly Magazine'' described journalism as letting people's opinions be exchanged without personal contact, so that they become one mass, breathing one spirit.^(Etymonline) A piece of journalese is from 1893,^(OED 1989) and the keeping of a journal is a rare sense of 1848.^(OED 1989) The material published in newspapers and broadcasts, and the press collectively, are further senses.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1781 – French journalisme.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1791 – in English.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1831 – in the New Monthly Magazine.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1893 – a piece of journalese.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The work or profession of collecting, writing and editing [[news]] for newspapers, magazines, radio or television.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Newspapers and magazines collectively; the [[press]].^(Collins 2023)

+ # Writing for publication in the news media, or its characteristic style.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[photojournalism]]

+ * [[parajournalism]]

+ * [[checkbook journalism]]

+ * [[yellow journalism]]

+ * [[pack journalism]]

+ * [[New Journalism]]

+ * [[video journalism]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[journal]]

+ * [[journalist]]

+ * [[journalese]]

+ * [[journey]]

+ * [[diurnal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}