all i know is... it's a kind of journalism that is very exaggerated..to seem attractive to people.....
can you please give an example of it?
2007-01-02 14:14:39 · 12 answers · asked by Change this name! 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
oopps!!! wrong category!!!
2007-01-02 14:16:45 · update #1
hey!!! THIS IS NOT A HOMEWORK OK!!!!
2007-01-02 14:17:40 · update #2
che man is right..you've got my point!
2007-01-02 14:21:14 · update #3
fox news...
Yellow journalism is a pejorative reference to journalism that features scandal-mongering, sensationalism, jingoism or other unethical or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or individual journalists.
The term originated during the circulation battles between Joseph Pulitzer's New York World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal from 1895 to about 1898, and can refer specifically to this period. Both papers were accused by critics of sensationalizing the news in order to drive up circulation, although the newspapers did serious reporting as well. The New York Press coined the term "Yellow Journalism" in early 1897 to describe the papers of Pulitzer and Hearst. The newspaper did not define the term, and in 1898 simply elaborated, "We called them Yellow because they are Yellow
2007-01-02 14:15:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
Yellow journalism is news exadurated to attract attention from potential customers of the journal. This originated when a reported printed extremely exadurated accounts of an invasion of cuba by a large power and printed this "news" on yellow papper. Because of this americans became so angry at the agressing nation they forced the president to declare war and bring our troops in to save cubas independance from then on exadurated news accounts has been called yellow journalism. Have fun with that tidbit.
2007-01-02 22:19:06 · answer #2 · answered by alternativelyalternate 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are correct that it refers to journalism that is intended to generate sales through it's sensational nature, rather than its reliance on accuracy.
Back, 100 years ago, there were several newspapers that specialized in that type of stuff and they actually printed on yellow paper - to attract even more attention. William Randolf Hearst was an expert at it and his newspapers are said to have cause so much commotion that they started the Spanish-American War.
Some of the modern tabloids, such as the NY Post or Philadelphia Daily News are almost that bad today, but I don't think they go as far as those old papers.
Several internet blogs, such as Drudge, and radio programs such as Rush Limbaugh are probably the modern equivalents.
2007-01-02 22:20:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
A biased opinion masquerading as objective fact.
Example:
Last October, the Associated Press reported that when George W. Bush was a director of Harken Oil, the company neglected to clean up pollution from leaking storage tanks. Got that? Harken owned the tanks, the tanks leaked, Harken didn't clean it up. The headline for this story was "Bush led oil cleanup." Your eyes do not deceive. The headline said the opposite of what the story said.
2007-01-02 22:17:02 · answer #4 · answered by ebush73 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yellow journalism is usually an insulting term geared towards media-makers that try to instigate scandals and dramatize certain events. Watch The Insider or Fox News to get a firsthand idea :).
2007-01-02 22:18:53 · answer #5 · answered by sumisashimi 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Biased, slanted reporting in order to engineer social thought. In this day and age, the liberal agenda is promoted through yellow journalism.
2007-01-02 22:17:04 · answer #6 · answered by Joseph C 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a pejorative reference to journalism that features scandal-mongering, sensationalism, jingoism or other unethical or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or individual journalists.
like the world news newspaper or whatevr... that says JESUS IS BACK type of things
2007-01-02 22:16:27 · answer #7 · answered by DR. Connect 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Weekly World News, or any other tabloid.
2007-01-02 22:16:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's pretty much it. MSNBC is a good example. CNN is becoming a close second.
2007-01-02 22:17:49 · answer #9 · answered by AK 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't expect other people to do your homework for you.
2007-01-02 22:16:14 · answer #10 · answered by alig 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋