Glossaries are the useful reference sources
generally referred to by the students, teachers,
researches etc. in their day to day work. Glossaries
can be very useful for helping the students, research
scholars etc. to understand words from their use in
reading or in class etc. This book covers the wide range
of terms (A–Z) likely to be encountered by students of
journalism and mass communication. It is an essential
companion to all the students taking courses in
Journalism and mass communication studies, as well
as related subjects such as Communications Studies,
Media Studies, Television and Radio Production etc.
Assuming little or no prior knowledge of the subject, it
covers terminology relating to the journalism and mass
communication. Related topic areas are covered where
they impact on or offer explanations of journalism: for
example, in law and sociology. The efforts has been
made to incorporate as many terms as possible and
covers common terms including Information and
communication Technology which can be very useful
for those working in the area of Journalism and Mass
Communication and other related areas. This book
consists of alphabetical list of terms which provide
simple definitions and some illustrations for easy
understanding of the terms. This book is also
indispensable reference tool for researchers, students
and professionals in this area. Attempts have been
made to describe the various concepts in systematic
way and in a very simple and easy language. The main
objective of writing this book to provide sufficient
number of specialized and technical words and their
definitions related to the area of Journalism and Mass
communication. The special feature of this Glossary
is that at the end a chronology of events is given in the
area of Journalism, Mass Communication, mass media
and related areas.
Dr. Gurdev Singh is a Post Graduate in
Economics and Doctorate in Library and Information
Science from University of Delhi. He did his PhD. on
the topic “information needs and seeking behavior of
Journalists in Delhi”. He is in Library profession for
the last 32 years. At present he is working as Librarian
(Associate Prof. Grade) at Sri Guru Gobind Singh
College of Commerce, University of Delhi. He has
published several research papers on different aspects
of Library and Information Science in national and
International journals of repute. He attended number
of national and International seminars/workshops. He
was selected as one of the participants from SAARC
countries in a training programme on Computer
Applications in Libraries/Documentation/Information
Activities organize by SAARC Documentation Centre,
New Delhi. One of his articles entitled “Use of Libraries
by faculty members of University of Delhi” was well
appreciated by library professionals of Gujarat and also
the same is translated into Gujarati by them for their
use. He has attended several Orientation and Refresher
courses in the field of Library and Information Science
organized by various universities from time to time.
Several students have completed MPhil, PhDs,
PGDLAN and other courses related to Library and
Information Science under his guidance. He has eight
books to his credit entitled:
1. Information and users : an enquiry into the Nature
of Designing an Effective Information System for
Journalists Published by Bookwell, New Delhi,
2003.
2. Introduction to Computers for Library
Professionals Published by Ess Ess Publications,
New Delhi, 2007.
3. Digital Libraries and Digitization, Ess (Exisiis)
Publications, New Delhi,2011.
4. Information Sources, Services and Systems.PHI,
New Delhi, 2013
5. Assessing the Information Need and Seeking
Behavior of Journalists. Lambert Publishing,
Germany, 2014.
6. Academic Library System and Services. Ess Ess
Publications, Delhi, 2015.
7. Glossary of Library Science and Information
Technology. Ess Ess Publications, Delhi, 2016.
8. Research methods for Library Science
Professionals. Ess Ess Publications, Delhi, 2018.
He is a Life member of Indian Library Association
and Delhi Library Association.
