The difference between news and communication.

The main difference between journalism and communication lies in the research emphasis and methods.

1. Research focuses are different: journalism mainly studies the laws of news and journalism, and pays attention to the relationship between news and human society, including news theory, news history and news business; Communication studies the development law of people's communication behavior and process, and the relationship between communicators and society, covering a wider range of communication phenomena, such as media, advertising, public relations, social media and so on.

2. Different research methods: traditional social science research methods such as literature analysis, interviews and surveys are adopted in journalism; Communication pays more attention to theoretical analysis and empirical research, and widely uses data analysis and statistical methods.

3. Journalism is an undergraduate major in colleges and universities, and it is a literature major. The basic study period is four years, and the bachelor of arts degree is awarded. This major focuses on literature, politics and sociology, and is closely related to philosophy, economics, management, art, psychology and history.