Wednesday 23 December 2015
News (definition)
Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent events is called news. (OXFORD DICTIONARY)
News has been defined differently by different experts. Some of the definitions are given below:
1. News is anything out of the ordinary
2. News is the unusual picture of life.
3. News is anything that people talk about; the more it excites the greater its value. ,
4. News comprises all current activities which are of general human interest and the best news is that which interests most of the reader*.
5. Anything that enough people want to read is news provided it does not violate the canons of good taste and the law of libel.
6. News is like a hot cake coming straight from oven.
7. News is the report of an event that is fresh, unusual and which is interesting to a greater number of people
