新闻学专业词汇【英文版】Journalism Glossary.docxVIP

Journalism Glossary This is an informal compiled glossary of journalism terms culled from Wikipedia, the Columbia Encyclopedia, the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, A, Saskatchewan Education, Google search and numerous other sources online. Advertisement: the promotion of a product or service. Advertising manager: the person who oversees the sales representatives who sell space to advertisers, and ensures that ads are in the appropriate section. Advertorial: an advertisement section in a magazine that looks like an article or a feature.Advocacy journalism: a style of journalism in which a reporter takes sides in controversial issues and develops a point of view. It is the opposite of mainstream journalism, in which reporters are expected to be objective.Agenda-setting: a theory of mass communication suggesting news media influence audiences through the choice of stories to cover and space or time given them; thus, media determine which issues people should think about.Ambush journalism: aggressive tactics practiced by journalists who suddenly confront and question people who otherwise do not wish to speak to a journalist.Anchors: newscasters who host news broadcasts.Angle: particular emphasis of a media presentation, sometimes called a slant Articles: stories written about news topics that are considered notable by the editors of a publication.Attribution: credit given to who said what or the source of factsB-roll: video images shot specifically to be used over a reporters words to illustrate the news event or story, to cover up audio edits of quotes (to avoid the jerking head effect), or to cover up bad shots (out of focus, poorly lighted, etc.)Background: information that is not intended for publicationBias: a position that is partial or slantedBody: the main part or central information of a news story following the lead.Broadcast feature: longer than usual broadcast news story that gives reporters 5-25 minutes (compared to usual 30-