Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Sensationalism

Index Sensationalism

Sensationalism is a type of editorial bias in mass media in which events and topics in news stories and pieces are overhyped to present biased impressions on events, which may cause a manipulation to the truth of a story. [1]

77 relations: Acta Diurna, Advertising, Agnotology, Ancient Rome, Anecdote, Betteridge's law of headlines, Censorship, Clickbait, Clinton–Lewinsky scandal, CNN effect, Column inch, Commoner, Content (media), Context (language use), Critical thinking, Culture of fear, Death of Caylee Anthony, Defamation, Disinformation, Dumbing down, Economy, Editorial, Elián González, Exploitation film, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Fake news, Footage, Infotainment, Investigative journalism, John Thompson (sociologist), Journalism, Journalism ethics and standards, Journalistic objectivity, Junk food news, Junk science, Lesson, List of scandals with "-gate" suffix, Literacy, Loaded language, Man bites dog (journalism), Mass communication, Mass media, Mean world syndrome, Media bias, Media bias in the United States, Media circus, Misinformation, Mitchell Stephens, Moral panic, Morality, ..., New York University, Nielsen ratings, O. J. Simpson murder case, Partisan (political), Political corruption, Politics, Predictability, Primary source, Profit (accounting), Profit motive, Propaganda model, Pulp magazine, Relevance, Revenge, Revenue, Scandal, Source (journalism), Spin (propaganda), Succès de scandale, Tabloid (newspaper format), Tabloid journalism, Trial by media, Watergate scandal, Witness, Working class, Yellow journalism, Zealots. Expand index (27 more) »

Acta Diurna

Acta Diurna (Latin: Daily Acts sometimes translated as Daily Public Records) were daily Roman official notices, a sort of daily gazette.

New!!: Sensationalism and Acta Diurna · See more »

Advertising

Advertising is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored, non-personal message to promote or sell a product, service or idea.

New!!: Sensationalism and Advertising · See more »

Agnotology

Agnotology (formerly agnatology) is the study of culturally induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data.

New!!: Sensationalism and Agnotology · See more »

Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

New!!: Sensationalism and Ancient Rome · See more »

Anecdote

An anecdote is a brief, revealing account of an individual person or an incident.

New!!: Sensationalism and Anecdote · See more »

Betteridge's law of headlines

Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." It is named after Ian Betteridge, a British technology journalist, although the principle is much older.

New!!: Sensationalism and Betteridge's law of headlines · See more »

Censorship

Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient" as determined by government authorities.

New!!: Sensationalism and Censorship · See more »

Clickbait

Clickbait is a website link designed to entice users to go to a certain web-page or video.

New!!: Sensationalism and Clickbait · See more »

Clinton–Lewinsky scandal

The Clinton–Lewinsky scandal was an American political sex scandal that involved 49-year-old President Bill Clinton and 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

New!!: Sensationalism and Clinton–Lewinsky scandal · See more »

CNN effect

The CNN effect is a phenomenon in political science and media studies which states that CNN's use of shocking images of humanitarian crisis' around the world compels U.S. policy makers to intervene in humanitarian situations they may not otherwise have an interest in.

New!!: Sensationalism and CNN effect · See more »

Column inch

A column inch was the standard measurement of the amount of content in published works that use multiple columns per page.

New!!: Sensationalism and Column inch · See more »

Commoner

The common people, also known as the common man, commoners, or the masses, are the ordinary people in a community or nation who lack any significant social status, especially those who are members of neither royalty, nobility, the clergy, nor any member of the aristocracy.

New!!: Sensationalism and Commoner · See more »

Content (media)

In publishing, art, and communication, content is the information and experiences that are directed towards an end-user or audience.

New!!: Sensationalism and Content (media) · See more »

Context (language use)

In semiotics, linguistics, sociology and anthropology, context refers to those objects or entities which surround a focal event, in these disciplines typically a communicative event, of some kind.

New!!: Sensationalism and Context (language use) · See more »

Critical thinking

Critical thinking is the objective analysis of facts to form a judgment.

New!!: Sensationalism and Critical thinking · See more »

Culture of fear

Popularized by the American sociologist Barry Glassner, culture of fear (or climate of fear) is the concept that people may incite fear in the general public to achieve political or workplace goals through emotional bias.

New!!: Sensationalism and Culture of fear · See more »

Death of Caylee Anthony

Caylee Marie Anthony (August 9, 2005 – 2008) was an American girl who lived in Orlando, Florida (United States), with her mother, Casey Marie Anthony (born March 19, 1986), and her maternal grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony.

New!!: Sensationalism and Death of Caylee Anthony · See more »

Defamation

Defamation, calumny, vilification, or traducement is the communication of a false statement that, depending on the law of the country, harms the reputation of an individual, business, product, group, government, religion, or nation.

New!!: Sensationalism and Defamation · See more »

Disinformation

Disinformation is false information spread deliberately to deceive.

New!!: Sensationalism and Disinformation · See more »

Dumbing down

Dumbing down is the deliberate oversimplification of intellectual content in education, literature, and cinema, news, video games and culture.

New!!: Sensationalism and Dumbing down · See more »

Economy

An economy (from Greek οίκος – "household" and νέμoμαι – "manage") is an area of the production, distribution, or trade, and consumption of goods and services by different agents.

New!!: Sensationalism and Economy · See more »

Editorial

An editorial, leading article (US) or leader (UK), is an article written by the senior editorial staff or publisher of a newspaper, magazine, or any other written document, often unsigned.

New!!: Sensationalism and Editorial · See more »

Elián González

Elián González (born December 6, 1993) is a Cuban engineer who, as a young boy in 2000, became embroiled in a heated international custody and immigration controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States; his father, Juan Miguel González Quintana; his other relatives in Cuba and in Miami, Florida; and Miami's Cuban American community.

New!!: Sensationalism and Elián González · See more »

Exploitation film

An exploitation film is a film that attempts to succeed financially by exploiting current trends, niche genres, or lurid content.

New!!: Sensationalism and Exploitation film · See more »

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) is a media criticism organization based in New York City.

New!!: Sensationalism and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting · See more »

Fake news

Fake news is a type of yellow journalism or propaganda that consists of deliberate misinformation or hoaxes spread via traditional print and broadcast news media or online social media.

New!!: Sensationalism and Fake news · See more »

Footage

In filmmaking and video production, footage is raw, unedited material as originally filmed by a movie camera or recorded by a video camera, which typically must be edited to create a motion picture, video clip, television show or similar completed work.

New!!: Sensationalism and Footage · See more »

Infotainment

Infotainment (a portmanteau of information and entertainment), also called soft news, is a type of media, usually television, that provides a combination of information and entertainment.

New!!: Sensationalism and Infotainment · See more »

Investigative journalism

Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing.

New!!: Sensationalism and Investigative journalism · See more »

John Thompson (sociologist)

John Brookshire Thompson is a British sociologist.

New!!: Sensationalism and John Thompson (sociologist) · See more »

Journalism

Journalism refers to the production and distribution of reports on recent events.

New!!: Sensationalism and Journalism · See more »

Journalism ethics and standards

Journalism ethics and standards comprise principles of ethics and of good practice as applicable to the specific challenges faced by journalists.

New!!: Sensationalism and Journalism ethics and standards · See more »

Journalistic objectivity

Journalistic objectivity is a considerable notion within the discussion of journalistic professionalism.

New!!: Sensationalism and Journalistic objectivity · See more »

Junk food news

Junk food news (also known as junk news or junk journalism) is a sardonic term for news stories that deliver "sensationalized, personalized, and homogenized inconsequential trivia", especially when such stories appear at the expense of serious investigative journalism.

New!!: Sensationalism and Junk food news · See more »

Junk science

The expression junk science is used to describe scientific data, research, or analysis considered by the person using the phrase to be spurious or fraudulent.

New!!: Sensationalism and Junk science · See more »

Lesson

A lesson is a structured period of time where learning is intended to occur.

New!!: Sensationalism and Lesson · See more »

List of scandals with "-gate" suffix

This is a list of scandals or controversies whose names include a "-gate" suffix, by analogy with the Watergate scandal, as well as other incidents to which the suffix has (often facetiously) been applied.

New!!: Sensationalism and List of scandals with "-gate" suffix · See more »

Literacy

Literacy is traditionally meant as the ability to read and write.

New!!: Sensationalism and Literacy · See more »

Loaded language

In rhetoric, loaded language (also known as loaded terms or emotive language) is wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes.

New!!: Sensationalism and Loaded language · See more »

Man bites dog (journalism)

The phrase man bites dog is a shortened version of an aphorism in journalism which describes how an unusual, infrequent event (such as a man biting a dog) is more likely to be reported as news than an ordinary, everyday occurrence with similar consequences, such as a dog biting a man.

New!!: Sensationalism and Man bites dog (journalism) · See more »

Mass communication

Mass communication is the study of how people exchange information through mass media to large segments of the population at the same time.

New!!: Sensationalism and Mass communication · See more »

Mass media

The mass media is a diversified collection of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication.

New!!: Sensationalism and Mass media · See more »

Mean world syndrome

Mean world syndrome is a term coined by George Gerbner to describe a phenomenon whereby violence-related content of mass media makes viewers believe that the world is more dangerous than it actually is.

New!!: Sensationalism and Mean world syndrome · See more »

Media bias

Media bias is the bias or perceived bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of events and stories that are reported and how they are covered.

New!!: Sensationalism and Media bias · See more »

Media bias in the United States

Media bias in the United States occurs when the US media systematically skews reporting in a way that crosses standards of professional journalism.

New!!: Sensationalism and Media bias in the United States · See more »

Media circus

Media circus is a colloquial metaphor, or idiom, describing a news event for which the level of media coverage — measured by such factors as the number of reporters at the scene and the amount of material broadcast or published — is perceived to be excessive or out of proportion to the event being covered.

New!!: Sensationalism and Media circus · See more »

Misinformation

Misinformation is false or incorrect information that is spread intentionally or unintentionally (i.e. without realizing it is untrue).

New!!: Sensationalism and Misinformation · See more »

Mitchell Stephens

Mitchell Stephens (born August 16, 1949) is a professor of journalism and mass communications at New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.

New!!: Sensationalism and Mitchell Stephens · See more »

Moral panic

A moral panic is a feeling of fear spread among a large number of people that some evil threatens the well-being of society.

New!!: Sensationalism and Moral panic · See more »

Morality

Morality (from) is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper and those that are improper.

New!!: Sensationalism and Morality · See more »

New York University

New York University (NYU) is a private nonprofit research university based in New York City.

New!!: Sensationalism and New York University · See more »

Nielsen ratings

Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems operated by Nielsen Media Research that seek to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States.

New!!: Sensationalism and Nielsen ratings · See more »

O. J. Simpson murder case

The O. J. Simpson murder case (officially titled People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson) was a criminal trial held at the Los Angeles County Superior Court in which former National Football League (NFL) player, broadcaster, and actor Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson was tried on two counts of murder for the June 12, 1994, deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.

New!!: Sensationalism and O. J. Simpson murder case · See more »

Partisan (political)

In politics, a partisan is a committed member of a political party or political coalitions.

New!!: Sensationalism and Partisan (political) · See more »

Political corruption

Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain.

New!!: Sensationalism and Political corruption · See more »

Politics

Politics (from Politiká, meaning "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions that apply to members of a group.

New!!: Sensationalism and Politics · See more »

Predictability

Predictability is the degree to which a correct prediction or forecast of a system's state can be made either qualitatively or quantitatively.

New!!: Sensationalism and Predictability · See more »

Primary source

In the study of history as an academic discipline, a primary source (also called original source or evidence) is an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study.

New!!: Sensationalism and Primary source · See more »

Profit (accounting)

Profit, in accounting, is an income distributed to the owner in a profitable market production process (business).

New!!: Sensationalism and Profit (accounting) · See more »

Profit motive

In economics, the profit motive is the motivation of firms that operate so as to maximize their profits.

New!!: Sensationalism and Profit motive · See more »

Propaganda model

The propaganda model is a conceptual model in political economy advanced by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky to explain how propaganda and systemic biases function in corporate mass media.

New!!: Sensationalism and Propaganda model · See more »

Pulp magazine

Pulp magazines (often referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the 1950s.

New!!: Sensationalism and Pulp magazine · See more »

Relevance

Relevance is the concept of one topic being connected to another topic in a way that makes it useful to consider the second topic when considering the first.

New!!: Sensationalism and Relevance · See more »

Revenge

Revenge is a form of justice enacted in the absence or defiance of the norms of formal law and jurisprudence.

New!!: Sensationalism and Revenge · See more »

Revenue

In accounting, revenue is the income that a business has from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers.

New!!: Sensationalism and Revenue · See more »

Scandal

A scandal can be broadly defined as an accusation or accusations that receive wide exposure.

New!!: Sensationalism and Scandal · See more »

Source (journalism)

In journalism, a source is a person, publication, or other record or document that gives timely information.

New!!: Sensationalism and Source (journalism) · See more »

Spin (propaganda)

In public relations and politics, spin is a form of propaganda, achieved through providing a biased interpretation of an event or campaigning to persuade public opinion in favor or against some organization or public figure.

New!!: Sensationalism and Spin (propaganda) · See more »

Succès de scandale

Succès de scandale (French for "success from scandal") is a term for any artistic work whose success is attributed, in whole or in part, to public controversy surrounding the work.

New!!: Sensationalism and Succès de scandale · See more »

Tabloid (newspaper format)

A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet.

New!!: Sensationalism and Tabloid (newspaper format) · See more »

Tabloid journalism

Tabloid journalism is a style of journalism that emphasizes sensational crime stories, gossip columns about celebrities and sports stars, extreme political views from one perspective, junk food news, and astrology.

New!!: Sensationalism and Tabloid journalism · See more »

Trial by media

Trial by media is a phrase popular in the late 20th century and early 21st century to describe the impact of television and newspaper coverage on a person's reputation by creating a widespread perception of guilt or innocence before, or after, a verdict in a court of law.

New!!: Sensationalism and Trial by media · See more »

Watergate scandal

The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States during the early 1970s, following a break-in by five men at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972, and President Richard Nixon's administration's subsequent attempt to cover up its involvement.

New!!: Sensationalism and Watergate scandal · See more »

Witness

A witness is someone who has, who claims to have, or is thought, by someone with authority to compel testimony, to have knowledge relevant to an event or other matter of interest.

New!!: Sensationalism and Witness · See more »

Working class

The working class (also labouring class) are the people employed for wages, especially in manual-labour occupations and industrial work.

New!!: Sensationalism and Working class · See more »

Yellow journalism

Yellow journalism and the yellow press are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales.

New!!: Sensationalism and Yellow journalism · See more »

Zealots

The Zealots were a political movement in 1st-century Second Temple Judaism, which sought to incite the people of Judea Province to rebel against the Roman Empire and expel it from the Holy Land by force of arms, most notably during the First Jewish–Roman War (66–70).

New!!: Sensationalism and Zealots · See more »

Redirects here:

Sensationalise, Sensationalist, Sensationalistic, Sensationalists, Sensationalized, Sensationally.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensationalism

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »