%0 Journal Article
%T Breaking ¡°News¡±: Majority Can¡¯t Define Mass Communication
%A Kevin Ells
%J Journalism & Mass Communication Educator
%@ 2161-4326
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1077695818756738
%X Current communication textbooks proffer conflicting, vague, or incomplete definitions of the core concepts of ¡°mass communication¡± and ¡°news,¡± contributing to confusion among students, and subsequently in the public sphere, of what experts in the field mean when discussing news and mass media. The analysis in this article disentangles a clear definition of mass communication from the related concepts of mass media and mediated communication, as well as clearly differentiating the concept of ¡°news¡± from the adjacent concepts of journalism and entertainment. Discussion concludes with implications for communication education and improved public understanding of the field
%K mass communication
%K mass media
%K mediated communication
%K newsworthiness
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077695818756738