Ecquid Novi – the search for a definition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7512751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arnold S De Beer (0000-0002-9254-6427, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 186-209 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ecquid Novi African Journalism Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-0054 • E-ISSN: 1942-0773 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02560054.2004.9653294 |
| OpenAlex | W2109396190 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 38 |
News people, researchers and the public alike have addressed the issue of news over centuries. Still, this fleeting, elusive, but essential feature of journalism defies practical definition, let alone scientific specification. The research problem stated in this article is that little progress has been made to find an overarching conceptualisation of the term news: What does news consist of, how can one define it, and will there be universal acknowledgement if such a definition should exist? A literature and historical study was undertaken in which the origins and concepts of news were analysed, while the underlying paradigmatic assumption was that of a functionalist approach to media and society. The purpose of this article is then to explore four of the crucial or key theoretical and research dimensions of news as it traditionally developed over a number of decades, and which have contributed, but also hindered, the quest for a definition of news, namely: objectivity; typologies of news values; news preferences and reading habits; new news concepts; as well as training and education. Examples to clarify points made are taken from international journalism. It is concluded that a heuristic model for the development of a news definition should extrapolate and build on these four dimensions of news
Acknowledgement · Epistemology · Fake news · Journalism · Media studies · News media · News values · Objectivity (philosophy · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Media and Politics
People, society, and mass communications.
Neofunctionalism and after
Media and Conflict
Global Information and World Communication
Good News
Professional Models in Journalism
Making news
Discovering The News
Theories of mass communication.
Objectivity in News Transmission
The Differentiation of Society
Journalism ethics in a double bind
A Christian perspective on the ethics of journalism
The Daily Sun shines in gore and glory over a changing land
Leipzig
The Global Dynamics of News
South African Journalism and Mass Communication Scholarship
The Roots of Academic News Research
Media, Sex, Violence, and Drugs in the Global Village
What's News
The Professional Teaching of Journalism as a Science approach - an introduction
The Contribution of the Glasgow Media Group to the Study of Television and Print Journalism
What Is News? Galtung and Ruge revisited
The Nature of News
Psychology of News Decisions
Understanding media
News out of Africa
News as Purposive Behavior
Social Theory and Social Structure
The Structure of Foreign News
Breaking Story
Reporting the News
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2017 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |