Journalism in the grammar is derived from the journ or do jour (French). In English is called in Greek journals and jurnee. Journal, journ, do jour, and jurnee means the same, ie daily reports. Journalism literally. Journalism (journalistic) means the journalism or news of things. Basically the word "journal" (journal), that report or record, or "jour" in French which means "day" (day) or "diary" (diary). In the Dutch language journalistiek means broadcasting diary.
According Dja'far H. Assegaf, from the point of origin of the word, the word journalism can be traced in the glory days of the Romans of the origin of a newspaper called acta diurna. In those days, the Roman senators began to write the rules that they make in the form of sheets and place them in places that is easily seen and read by the public. These sheets that contain these rules called acta diurna. The contents contained in the piece called diurna acta diurna. Places of mounting sheet is called the Forum Romanum. Acta diurna term is a term that is owned and promoted Julius Caesar (July 13 100 BC-15 March 44 BC) in the Forum Romanum.
The term is closely related to the term journalism and mass communication media. Journalism is a set or a mass media tool. Understanding journalism from the literature can be studied journalism definition that there are so many. But journalism has a function as the management of daily reports that interest the audience, ranging from coverage to its spread to the community about what is happening in the world. Whatever happens good factual event (fact) or the person's opinion (opinion), to be a story to the audience. Journalism is an activity associated with the listing or reporting every day. So journalism is not the press, not the mass media. According to the dictionary, journalism is defined as activities to prepare, edit, and write a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical.
sources: lecture notes introduction to journalism
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