Webster's New World: Dictionary of Media and Communications

Book

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Museum of Public Relations

Name/Title

Webster's New World: Dictionary of Media and Communications

Entry/Object ID

2017.04.04

Secondary Title

The Most Comprehensive Source for Understanding the Language of Writers, Communicators, and the Media Industries

Description

More than 35,000 entries defining specialized technical and slang terms spanning advertising, broadcasting, book production, computer graphics, journalism, marketing, photography, publishing, recording, telecommunications, television, theater, and typography.

Context

Weiner regularly sent staff memos updating them on evolving media terminology, which formed the basis for the dictionary's ongoing revisions.

Category

Reference

Acquisition

Accession

2017.04

Source or Donor

Mark Weiner

Acquisition Method

Gift

Source (if not Accessioned)

Mark Weiner

Notes

Date Acquired: 7/13/17

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Book

Book Details

Author

Richard Weiner

Edition

First Edition

Publisher

Prentice Hall, A Webster's New World Book, trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Place Published

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1990

ISBN

0-13-969759-4

General Notes

Note

Hardcover; 1. Mass media-Dictionaries. 2. Communications-Dictionaries.

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Create Date

November 21, 2019

Updated By

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Update Date

July 31, 2026