10 different defination of news by 10 different scholars

Here are 10 different definitions of news by 10 different scholars:

  1. Walter Lippmann (1922): "News is what a chap with a lot of inside dope is willing to part with."

Source: Lippmann, W. (1922). Public Opinion. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company.

  1. Edward R. Murrow (1958): "News is what people want to keep hidden; everything else is just the news."

Source: Murrow, E. R. (1958). In Search of Light: The Broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow, 1935-1961. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

  1. Herman G. Kreider (1965): "News is the report of events that have occurred, or are occurring, which are of interest to a particular audience."

Source: Kreider, H. G. (1965). The News Business. New York: Harper & Row.

  1. Daniel C. Hallin (1986): "News is a selection of events, presented in a particular way, to convey a particular meaning or interpretation."

Source: Hallin, D. C. (1986). The Uncensored War: The Media and Vietnam. New York: Oxford University Press.

  1. Jay Rosen (1993): "News is what people are interested in, and what people are interested in is what they want to know about themselves and their world."

Source: Rosen, J. (1993). What Are Journalists For? New Haven: Yale University Press.

  1. Michael Schudson (1995): "News is a way of making sense of the world, a way of giving meaning to events and experiences."

Source: Schudson, M. (1995). Discovering the News: A Social History of American Newspapers. New York: Basic Books.

  1. Todd Gitlin (2001): "News is a way of framing the world, of giving shape to the chaos and complexity of human experience."

Source: Gitlin, T. (2001). Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives. New York: Metropolitan Books.

  1. C. Edwin Baker (2002): "News is a way of providing information about the world, with the goal of informing and educating the public."

Source: Baker, C. E. (2002). Media, Markets, and Democracy. New York: Cambridge University Press.

  1. Robert W. McChesney (2008): "News is a way of providing a critical perspective on the world, of holding power accountable and giving voice to the voiceless."

Source: McChesney, R. W. (2008). The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Monthly Review Press.

  1. Nicholas Negroponte (2011): "News is a way of creating a shared reality, of giving people a sense of what's happening in the world and how it affects them."

Source: Negroponte, N. (2011). Being Digital. New York: Vintage Books.

Note: These definitions are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and many scholars may agree with aspects of multiple definitions.