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MELEE PRESSE [1 record]

Record 1 2003-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • News and Journalism (General)
  • Communication (Public Relations)
DEF

A situation where journalists gather around a person to ask them questions in an impromptu, informal manner.

OBS

scrum: term and definition standardized by the Translation Bureau and the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)
  • Communications (Relations publiques)
DEF

Situation où des journalistes se réunissent autour d'une personne pour lui poser des questions à l'improviste, sans formalités.

OBS

«scrum» : terme utilisé au rugby et qui se rend habituellement par mêlée ouverte. Cependant, en journalisme, le même terme est employé dans le langage courant pour décrire un certain moyen de diffusion de l'information beaucoup plus vivant.

OBS

mêlée de presse : terme et définition normalisés par le Bureau de la traduction et le Bureau de la protection des infrastructures essentielles et de la protection civile (BPIEPC).

Spanish

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