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Descriptor English: Journalism
Descriptor Spanish: Periodismo
Descriptor periodismo
Entry term(s) periodista
Scope note: Recolección, preparación y distribución de noticias y comentarios y artículos relacionados a través de medios como panfletos, boletines, periódicos, revistas, radio, películas, televisión y libros. Mientras que originalmente se aplicaba al informe de acontecimientos del momento en forma impresa, específicamente en periódicos, con el advenimiento de la radio y la televisión el uso del término se ha ampliado para incluir toda la comunicación impresa y electrónica que trata los temas de actualidad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Jornalismo
Descriptor French: Journalisme
Tree number(s): L01.737.498
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020452
Scope note: The collection, preparation, and distribution of news and related commentary and feature materials through such media as pamphlets, newsletters, newspapers, magazines, radio, motion pictures, television, and books. While originally applied to the reportage of current events in printed form, specifically newspapers, with the advent of radio and television the use of the term has broadened to include all printed and electronic communication dealing with current affairs.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
OG organization & administration
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Journalism (1994-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 99; JOURNALISM was heading 1994-97
History Note: 99; see JOURNALISM, MEDICAL 1994-97
DeCS ID: 33922
Unique ID: D020452
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Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2000/06/22
Journalism - Preferred
Concept UI M0030118
Scope note The collection, preparation, and distribution of news and related commentary and feature materials through such media as pamphlets, newsletters, newspapers, magazines, radio, motion pictures, television, and books. While originally applied to the reportage of current events in printed form, specifically newspapers, with the advent of radio and television the use of the term has broadened to include all printed and electronic communication dealing with current affairs.
Preferred term Journalism



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