Что такое журналистика

A somewhat narrower definition is traditionally applied to the use of the mass media in order to identify the role of the journalist. In journalism is an element of timeliness not usually present in the more leisurely types of writing, such as writing of books. Journalism is a report of things as they appear at the moment of writing, not a definitive study of a situation. Historically the journalism has been identified by society as carrying out two main functions: reporting the news and offering interpretation and opinion based on news. A journalist may write an account that is entertaining as well as newsworthy; but a person who writes for sheer entertainment only, such as some television script writers, is not a journalist.