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churnalism

/ˈtʃɜːnəlɪzəm/

churnalism noun: the use of ready-made press release material copied wholesale into a newspaper article as if it were the journalist's own copy.

Noun

churnalism (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) The use of ready-made press release material copied wholesale into a newspaper article as if it were the journalist's own copy.
    • New-media gossip juggernaut Gawker also pays tribute to churnalism's animating spirits: shortness, sensationalism, superficiality, and speed.2014, Astra Taylor, The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN
    • One can see the possibility for limitless content for a 24/7 world: churnalism, hamsterization, the news cyclone—names to describe the condition keep coming.2014, Nikki Usher, Making News at The New York Times, page 232

churnalism meaning in Tamil

churnalism in Tamil

போலியாக்க இதழியல்

Origin of churnalism

Blend of churn (out) + journalism. Originally coined by BBC journalist Waseem Zakir and popularised by writer Nick Davies in the 2008 book Flat Earth News.

Questions about churnalism

What does churnalism mean?
Churnalism means the use of ready-made press release material copied wholesale into a newspaper article as if it were the journalist's own copy.
What is churnalism in Tamil?
Churnalism in Tamil is போலியாக்க இதழியல். See Churnalism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is churnalism?
Churnalism is a noun.
How do you pronounce churnalism?
Churnalism is pronounced /ˈtʃɜːnəlɪzəm/.

Words near churnalism in the dictionary

  1. churnable
  2. churnalise
  3. churnalised
  4. churnalises
  5. churnalising
  6. churnalism
  7. churnalist
  8. churnalists
  9. churnalize
  10. churnalized
  11. churnalizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: churnalism (page history and authors); churnalism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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