20 Arts, Literature and Communication : Media terms
In this glossary, you will learn some words about Communication and Media.
Brief
noun
A concise statement or summary, generally a short text to inform someone.
fr: Brève
Cameraman
noun
A person whose profession is operating a television or movie camera.
Example: The cameraman is filming the scene.
fr: Caméraman
Chief editor
noun
An editor-in-chief can work for any type of publication, such as newspapers or magazines. They are in charge of creating editorial boards and overseeing all department editors. The editor-in-chief has the final say on what gets published and serves as the publication's representative at social functions.
fr: Rédacteur en chef
Controversy
noun
Disagreement, typically when prolonged, public, and heated.
Example: There is a CONTROVERSY over this subject even among divines.
fr: Polémique
Defamation
noun
Inappropriate remarks at the expense of a person who can then file a complaint and request a right of reply.
Example: They brought cases such as DEFAMATION, sexual offences and marriage disputes.
fr: Diffamation
Editing
noun
Remove unnecessary or inappropriate words, sounds, or scenes from a text, movie, or radio or television program.
Example: All movies, songs, videos, etc. are editing.
fr: Faire du montage
Fake news
noun
Fake news is a form of news consisting of deliberate disinformation or hoaxes spread via traditional news media or online social media. Digital news has brought back and increased the usage of fake news, or yellow journalism.
fr: Fausse nouvelle
Information leak
noun
Information leakage refers to the unintended loss of information from an organization. This usually occurs as a result of employees passing information to others sometimes unwittingly sometimes wittingly.
fr: Fuite d'information
Interview
verb
Question (someone) to discover their opinions or experience.
fr: Entrevue
Investigation
noun
The action of investigating something or someone; formal or systematic examination or research.
fr: Enquête
Journalism
noun
The activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast.
fr: Journalisme
Movie
noun
A story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a theater or on television; a motion picture.
Example: I saw a movie yesterday.
fr: Film
News
noun
Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events.
fr: Nouvelles
Paparazzi
noun
A freelance photographer who pursues celebrities to get photographs of them.
fr: Paparazzi
Press Agency
noun
An organization that collects and gives news to newspapers, magazines, television news programs, and radio stations.
fr: Agence de presse
Press Conference
noun
An interview given to journalists by a prominent person in order to make an announcement or answer questions.
Example: The researcher will organize a PRESS CONFERENCE to announce something.
fr: Conférence de presse
Press officer
noun
A press officer is a person who is employed by an organization to give information about that organization to the press.
Example: The Press Officer of the Bavarian Government.
fr: Attaché de presse
Producer
noun
A person responsible for the financial and managerial aspects of making of a movie or broadcast or for staging a play, opera, etc.
fr: Producteur
Publicity
noun
The giving out of information about a product, person, or company for advertising or promotional purposes.
Example: Both Yahoo and Google have suffered from bad PUBLICITY surrounding their activities with China.
fr: Publicité
Readership
noun
The readers of a newspaper, magazine, a book, etc. regarded collectively.