Scoop (term)

The expression Scoop (English to scoop " exhaust, clear "; in Switzerland: Primeur) referred to in the language of media professionals an exclusive message that formerly spread a medium than other media. Scoops are therefore the product of original research or resulting from the tips from informants. Scoops raise the profile of a medium, as other media - because they want to spread the message also - must relate necessarily to the first published report and the propagating medium due to the exclusivity. Even within the editorial staff receives a copy editor for a researched by him scoop, which is adopted by many other media recognition.

Around the turn of the century from the 19th to the 20th century, the term " solo carp " is used for a scoop, as Egon Erwin Kisch, in his book "Marketplace of sensations " reports.

The hunt for alleged Scoops is one of the reasons when messages are so acute or invented partly to make them look like a scoop. In this case it is a hoax ( a so-called duck).

The definition of the exclusivity of Scoops, however, can be questioned. A message can be a scoop in India and only two years later in Europe, for example, today. From the recipient side considered it can be argued that for the media consumers basically every important message is a scoop, the person represents a novelty for him; that is, " Scoop" is by no means an absolute status, but always depends on the level of information of the recipient.

Other uses of the term

In science this is called Scoops, if scientists succeed in causing a stir discovery. "To scoop " is used in English as a verb meaning " the other forestall ".

SCOOP was also the name of an EU program on food safety.

Scoop in the film

As a satire on the sensationalism of some journalists, the U.S. actor and director Woody Allen filmed the movie Scoop - The big hit.