释义 |
paraˈjournalism orig. U.S. [f. para-1 past, beyond, contrary to + journalism.] A type of unconventional journalism not primarily concerned with the reporting of facts. So paraˈjournalist, parajournaˈlistic a.
1965D. Macdonald in N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 Aug. 3/1 A new kind of journalism is being born, or spawned. It might be called ‘parajournalism’, from the Greek para, ‘beside’ or ‘against’: something similar in form but different in function. 1966New Statesman 4 Mar. 300/1 The second achievement is ‘parajournalism’—Dwight Macdonald's word. 1966Atlantic Monthly June 89 MacDonald..castigates a Wolfe review of Mailer's latest novel and berates the reviewer as again playing para⁓journalist because his technique was ‘to jeer at the author's private life and personality—or rather his persona.’ 1970Americana Ann. 503/1 A wave of parajournalistic publications, the so-called underground press, was mounting a serious challenge to established dailies. 1972Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Apr. 444/1 (Advt.), ‘What is now called para⁓journalism—writing it the way it happened’ (Daily Mirror). 1978New York 3 Apr. 81/2 Charlie, the megalomaniacal parajournalist. |