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This paper attempts to model the objective reporting definition by analyzing its elements in Japanese journalism study in order to consider various discourses within these definitions. Seven elements were extracted: (A) reporting without subjectivity, (B) fair and neutral reporting, (C) reporting of a fact, (D) showing a news source, (E) using a byline, (F) carrying opposite opinions, and (G) discriminating between news and editorials clearly. A combination of these elements constitutes a definition model.
In conclusion, seven elements constituting the objective reporting definition logically result in one hundred-five kinds of definition models. That is the reason why so many discourses arise within objective reporting and discussions sometimes go amiss.