news cyclone

noun

Etymology

Punning blend of news cycle + cyclone, coined by American sociologist Eric Klinenberg in 2005.

1
The 24/7 publishing of often unscheduled news reports, replacing the traditional news…
The 24/7 publishing of often unscheduled news reports, replacing the traditional news cycle.
- Julia Gillard has decided to take on the news cyclone. It used to be called the news cycle, but things move so quickly in the new media age that cyclone is a far more accurate word.
- One can see the possibility for limitless content for a 24/7 world: churnalism, hamsterization, the news cyclone—names to describe the condition keep coming.

No curated loop yet for news cyclone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA