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sensationalism
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sen·sa·tion·al·ism
/ senˈsāshənlˌizəm/
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n.
1.
(esp. in journalism) the use of exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement:
media sensationalism.
2.
Philos.
another term for phenomenalism.
DERIVATIVES:
sen·sa·tion·al·ist
n. & adj.
sen·sa·tion·al·is·tic
/ senˌsāshənlˈistik/ adj.
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News in an age of competition: the case of sensationalism in Dutch television news, 1995-2001.
Magazine article from: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...that might be best described as "sensationalism" (Grabe, Zhou, & Barnett...expanding a recent conceptualization of sensationalism that is largely based on the limited...it will establish the extent of sensationalism in television news in a setting that...
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EDITORIAL: Sense vs. sensationalism
News Wire article from: University Wire; 9/9/2002; ; 589 words
; ...benefit from it). We can't define sensationalism, much like we can't confidently...fact that there is such a thing as sensationalism, and the media practice it. You...profitably supply this excess and sensationalism because there is a demand for it...
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Add to the EH job description: the need to balance media sensationalism and public skepticism.(Managing Editor's Desk)(environmental health)
Magazine article from: Journal of Environmental Health; 11/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...qualifications. 1. I am no fan of media sensationalism. I have become very cynical about...media, and in particular, "media sensationalism." Public and environmental health...telling him that I too disdained media sensationalism, I then (emphatically) explained...
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Sensationalism has become identical with sports
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 7/12/2004; 597 words
; New Straits Times 07-12-2004 Sensationalism has become identical with sports Edition: Main/Lifestyle...coach and athletes and, or course, the associations. Sensationalism has become identical with sports. While Datuk Azalina...
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Sensationalism, But Progress
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/19/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...issue has taken richly exemplifies the press's skill at sensationalism and its ineptitude at reasoned, thoughtful examination...how to help some inner-city kids learn more easily. Sensationalism, yes. Also, progress.
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Sensationalism; Joan Baker, Danbury
Newspaper article from: Concord Monitor; 2/16/2007; 392 words
; Sensationalism What is the Monitor's fascination with the dead and the dying? Is it sensationalism to sell papers? Tabloid journalism? First we had pictures of a naked and dying Beverly Leo and pictures of her dead body. Now we get pictures...
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Sensationalism at its finest
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 5/3/2000; ; 477 words
; ...thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed. If you want sensationalism in your news reports, tell how communities banded together...of every home in central Oklahoma that night. That's sensationalism at its finest.
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Warwick sensationalism Jesse Rothacker Manheim
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 10/12/2007; 509 words
; ...to make such a serious accusation on A1, top fold? This is sensationalism at its worst, not journalism! How many people will read the...matter got out of hand, is a legitimate public question, not sensationalism.
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Michael Jackson denounces "untruths and sensationalism"
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 9/4/2004; ; 454 words
; ...Michael Jackson, saying he must respond to "untruths and sensationalism," issued a statement Friday saying he would never harm...unfortunate that, yet again, I must respond to untruths and sensationalism." Jackson, 45, is fighting charges that he molested...
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UBC: Popular lecture series covers sensationalism to Chopin.
M2 Presswire; 2/5/1999; 700+ words
; ...5 February 1999-UBC: Popular lecture series covers sensationalism to Chopin (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...indictment of modern news media and its preoccupation with sensationalism. March 6, Dr. Clyde Hertzman "Why are Some Societies...
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Sensationalism
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Sensationalism Certain events, even when reported...connotations imply unjustifiable sensationalism. Sensational stories often are written...the 1990s illustrate irresponsible sensationalism without intentional deceit. The...
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sensationalism
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement: media sensationalism. 2. Philos. another term for phenomenalism . DERIVATIVES: sen·sa·tion·al·ist...
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Claude Adrien Helvétius
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...with a Special Emphasis on the Educational Implications of Sensationalism (1926), is a still useful introduction. For Helv...with special emphasis on the educational implications of sensationalism, New York, AMS Press, 1972. Hazlitt, William, An essay...
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Hearst, William Randolph
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
...1951). The term described a newspaper that focused on sensationalism to sell papers, including frenzied reporting of sports...Examiner , Hearst began his run at faking news and using sensationalism to sell papers. He paid top wages, attracted the best...
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Pulitzer, Joseph
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...Dispatch into a profitable newspaper with a formula of sensationalism and attacks on municipal corruption. With its profits he...his vacation retreats and yachts. The World ’s sensationalism, especially its Cuban coverage, reached a peak in 1896...
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