newsness en · NOUN
Etymology
From news + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being news.
Some of this cultural knowledge of newsness must be widely shared, but some of it must be specific to the media involvements of individuals. It is this mix of shared and specific news knowledge which enables TV news quizzes, for instance […]
1997, Jonathan Bignell, Media Semiotics: An Introduction, page 130: