INCONCLUSIVE DEBATE ON JOURNALISM: PROFESSION OR ARTIFACT
News is that part of communication that keeps us informed of the changing events, issues, and characters in the world outside. Though it may be interesting or even entertaining, the foremost value of news is as a utility to empower the informed. Concerns about social communication emphasize a central idea, that of media coverage. The media coverage process is constructed on two key elements: the media and the public. In communication, information becomes public, intentionally or not, through technical equipment (electronic, computerized). There may be unmediated public communication, such as, for example, public gatherings (political gatherings), as there may be technologically mediated links between people that are not public. It all stems from THE NEED TO KNOW, TO KNOW THE WORLD AND THE OTHERS, TO "STAY IN THE KNOW ,” Information collection results in effective communication and, hence, is an essential variable in the communication process. As Newsom and Carrell (2004, 202) stat...