Meaning of Press (What is it, Concept and Definition)

What is Press:

Press can refer to the set of periodical publications that aim to inform about the most diverse topics of current affairs and public interest , to the group of people who they exercise journalism, or it can be a generic way of referring to the newspaper.

Press, too, is a machine used in the industry to compress different types of materials (metals, plastics) , paper, cardboard, etc.) in order to cut or endow them in a certain way.Likewise, a press is a workshop for printing.

The word press, as such, comes from Catalan premsa , in reference to the machine to compress.

Written press

As a written press it is called the set of printed publications whose function is to be a vehicle of the information in the different areas of public interest, such as politics, economics, education, sports, farandula, etc.Thanks to the invention of the printing press, was the first mass media of history.

See also What are the Media?

Depending on its periodicity, the written press It is called in different ways.Yes, when it is published every day, it speaks of newspapers ; when weekly, they are weekly ; if it is biweekly, it is called biweekly ; if monthly, monthly , and if published once a year, anuary.

Some formats in which the written press is produced today are the newspaper, the magazine, the newsletter and the pamphlet , but we must also add the so-called digital press , which is a form of journalism emerged with the internet and enhanced with the boom of social networks and digital devices.

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Types of written press

There are different types of written press depending on of the branch of journalism to which it is dedicated.Yes, we have:

• Yellow or sensationalist press: is one that is characterized by giving priority to sensationalist issues, such as catastrophes, accidents, crimes, adulteries or scandals.
• Economic press or salmon: is the one that focuses on reporting facts related to the economy, finance, banking and bursa market til.It is called salmon because of the color of the paper on which it is usually printed.
• Press of the heart or rose: is one that tells the news of society and the gossip of the farandula.Give priority to news about celebrities.

See also What is Journalism?

Hydraulic press

The hydraulic press is a machine that is based on the Pascal principle to produce very large forces from smaller ones.According to this principle, the pressure applied to a liquid contained in a container is transmitted with the same intensity in all directions, thus, taking advantage of this force, the Hydraulic press transmits a small force on a piston of smaller area to another piston of greater area with an increase in its strength.

Mechanical press

As a mechanical or pressing press, that machinery is known industrial which, through a rotation movement, is used to compress a die or die against a particular material (metals, plastics, wood, paper, cardboard, etc.) in order to cut or mold it.

See also Die cutting.

Rotary press

As Rotary press, also called a rotary printer or simply rotary, a type of printing machine is known in which folios or paper rolls are passed through a cylinder where they are printed.They are widely used to print newspapers because of their large speed.

See also Lithography.