Mercurius Britannicus (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Mercurius Britannicus》(英語表記)MercuriusBritannicus
Mercurius Britannicus (English spelling)

…the roots of this can be found in the widespread view of the world as a battleground between God and the Devil, and people's intense interest in events in distant lands. The Royalists published a quasi-official journal called Mercurius Aulicus, while the Parliamentary side published a quasi-official journal called Mercurius Britannicus, and engaged in a fierce debate. This was the beginning of British journalism.

From [Mass Communication]

...Communication that transmits a large amount of information to the masses using mass media (media that mass-produce uniform content, such as newspapers and magazines printed on high-speed rotary presses, radio, television, and movies). There are also translations such as "mass communication" and "mass report," but the Japanese-specific contraction "mass komimi" is more commonly used, and in this case it can also refer to the sender that produces the information (newspaper companies, publishers, broadcasting stations, etc.). Mass media is characterized by its speed, large number of recipients, and one-way flow of information. On the other hand, the opposite concept based on the number of recipients is the Japanese-English word "mini-komimi," personal communication, which is two-way in contrast to the one-way nature of mass media, and word of mouth, which refers to a person's direct address to another person through the media of mass media.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Mercurius Britannicus" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…世界を神と悪魔が闘っている舞台であるとみなす世界観が普及し,人々が遠い地域の出来事に熱心な興味をいだくようになったことに,その根源を見いだすことができる。王党派は《宮廷通報Mercurius Aulicus》,議会側は《ブリテン通報Mercurius Britannicus》という準機関紙を出して激しい言論戦を展開する。イギリス・ジャーナリズムの出発点である。…

【マス・コミュニケーション】より

…マス・メディア(画一的な内容を大量生産する媒体。高速輪転機で印刷された新聞や雑誌,ラジオとテレビ,映画など)を用いて大量(マス)の情報を大衆(マス)に伝達するコミュニケーション。〈大衆伝達〉〈大衆通報〉などの訳語もあるが,〈マスコミ〉という日本独特の短縮形が愛用されており,この場合情報を生産する送り手(新聞社,出版社,放送局など)をさすこともある。マスコミの特徴は,速報性,受け手の大量性,情報の流れの一方通行one‐way性などにあるが,一方,受け手の量を基準にした反対概念に和製英語の〈ミニコミ〉,マスコミの一方通行性に対して双方通行two‐way性をもつパーソナル・コミュニケーションpersonal communication,マスコミのメディアによる媒介に対しての人間の他人へ対する直接の語りかけをさす〈口コミ〉などがある。…

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