broadcasting 的词源

1922年，源自 broadcast（动词）的名词形式。

Broadcasting, as distinct from wireless communication, may be said to have come into being about 1920. It may be defined as the systematic diffusion, by radio telephony, of music, lectures, drama, humour, news and information bulletins, speeches and ceremonies, pictures and other matter susceptible of appreciation by a scattered audience, individually or in groups, with appropriate receiving apparatus. [ Encyclopedia Britannica, 1929]

广播，区别于无线通信，可以说是在1920年左右诞生的。它可以被定义为通过无线电话系统，有系统地传播音乐、讲座、戏剧、幽默、新闻和信息简报、演讲以及仪式，向分散的听众（无论是个人还是团体）传递那些可以欣赏的内容，前提是他们拥有适当的接收设备。[Encyclopedia Britannica，1929年]