Principles of Journalistic language
Principles of Journalistic language: We will discuss the principle of Journalistic language and the most important principle in journalistic language is known as "Principle of K.I.S.S". Principle of K.I.S.S: A slogen used sometimes in the training of Journalists, meaning both "keep it short, simple" and "keep it short, stupid". The point is to emphasize trainee journalists to the primacy of clear and uncluttered communication. In other words it is known as "comprehension" meaning; to make it understandable. There are three levels of audience in Journalism which are explained below. Levels of Audience: 1- Highly educated people/elite class 2- Educated or less educated 3- Illiterate/uneducated So, as a journalist it is your duty, responsibility and quality to use journalistic language to make understand the audience of third level, that is illiterate or uneducated. - Always try to use brief/precise language - Don't use ambiguous words - Don...