- "In journalism and mass media, sensationalism is a type of editorial tactic."
Examining the ethics of sensationalized news coverage.
The history of sensationalism: This topic covers the origins of sensationalism in the media, how it has evolved over time, and its impact on journalism and society.
Ethics in journalism: This topic covers the ethical principles and standards that guide journalists in their work, including accuracy, fairness, and accountability.
News values: This topic covers the criteria used by journalists to determine what stories are newsworthy and how they are covered.
The role of the media in society: This topic covers the broader social, cultural, and political implications of sensationalism in the media, and how it affects public opinion and discourse.
The impact of social media on sensationalism: This topic covers the ways in which social media has amplified and accelerated sensationalism in the media, and its implications for journalism and society.
Media ownership and control: This topic covers the concentration of media ownership and how it affects the content and tone of the news.
Consumer culture and the media: This topic covers the role of consumer culture in shaping media content and the ways in which sensationalism is used to attract audiences and sell products.
Legal and regulatory frameworks: This topic covers the laws and regulations that govern the media industry, including defamation, privacy, and freedom of expression.
Globalization and the media: This topic covers the ways in which globalization has transformed the media landscape, including the spread of sensationalism across borders and cultures.
The future of media and sensationalism: This topic covers emerging trends and technologies in the media industry, and the implications for the future of sensationalism and media ethics.
Clickbait Sensationalism: This type of sensationalism aims at attracting readers by crafting overly sensational headlines or framing stories in ways that are designed to manipulate readers or viewers into clicking on the article, often leading to more page views and revenue for the publisher.
Political Sensationalism: This type of sensationalism involves overemphasizing or distorting political news in ways that can impress or distress readers or viewers. Such as focusing on dramas that garner high traffic and prioritize a political agenda, rather than focusing on the news that is relevant to the public.
Emotional sensationalism: This type of sensationalism is designed to appeal to emotions, often using images or stories that trigger strong feelings in viewers, rather than providing factual content.
Celebrity Sensationalism: This type of sensationalism is focused on reports about the private lives of celebrities, often with the aim of boosting sales or online traffic.
Crisis Sensationalism: This type of sensationalism involves exaggerating crises or disasters, often with the aim of creating panic or fear, selling more papers or generating more online clicks.
Violence Sensationalism: This type of sensationalism thrives by reporting acts of violence, sometimes with images or graphic details.
Scientific Sensationalism: This type of sensationalism exaggerates scientific studies or discoveries in ways that may be misleading or false, often to attract more readers or viewers.
Nationalistic Sensationalism: This type of sensationalism focuses on stories or issues that may appeal to nationalistic sentiments or ideologies, often promoting biased views of particular groups or countries.
- "Events and topics in news stories are selected and worded to excite the greatest number of readers and viewers."
- "This style of news reporting encourages biased or emotionally loaded impressions of events rather than neutrality."
- "Sensationalism may cause a manipulation to the truth of a story."
- "Some tactics include being deliberately obtuse, appealing to emotions, being controversial, intentionally omitting facts and information, being loud and self-centered, and acting to obtain attention."
- "Sensationalism may rely on reports about generally insignificant matters and portray them as a major influence on society."
- "This style of news reporting... trivial or tabloid manner, contrary to general assumptions of professional journalistic standards."
- "Trivial information and events are sometimes misrepresented and exaggerated as important or significant."
- "Stories about the actions of individuals and small groups of people, the content of which is often insignificant and irrelevant to the macro-level day-to-day events occurring globally."
- "To excite the greatest number of readers and viewers."
- "Sensationalism... encourages biased or emotionally loaded impressions of events."
- "It may cause a manipulation to the truth of a story."
- "To portray them as a major influence on society."
- "Being deliberately obtuse, appealing to emotions, being controversial, intentionally omitting facts and information, being loud and self-centered, and acting to obtain attention."
- "General assumptions of professional journalistic standards."
- "Trivial information and events... misrepresented and exaggerated as important or significant."
- "Stories about the actions of individuals and small groups of people... often include stories about the actions of individuals and small groups of people, the content of which is often insignificant and irrelevant."
- "To excite the greatest number of readers and viewers."
- "Encourages biased or emotionally loaded impressions of events."
- "May cause a manipulation to the truth of a story... contrary to general assumptions of professional journalistic standards."