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Film, Media and Journalism

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Film, Media and Journalism at University of Staffordshire

Language: English Studies in English
Subject area: arts
University website: www.staffs.ac.uk

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Film
A film, also called a movie, motion picture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images. (See the glossary of motion picture terms.)
Journalism
Journalism refers to the production and distribution of reports on recent events. The word journalism applies to the occupation (professional or not), the methods of gathering information and organising literary styles. Journalistic mediums include print, television, radio, Internet and in the past: newsreels.
Film
American motion pictures are written by the half-educated for the half-witted.
St. John Ervine Ney York Mirror(June 6, 1963).
Journalism
The duty of journalists is to tell the truth. Journalism means you go back to the actual facts, you look at the documents, you discover what the record is, and you report it that way.
Noam Chomsky interview in Wang, Joy (December 2004). "Lecture: Noam Chomsky". Bullpen: NYU Journalism (New York University). Retrieved on 2009-02-20. 
Journalism
The thorn in the cushion of the editorial chair.
William Makepeace Thackeray, Roundabout Papers, The Thorn in the Cushion.
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