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==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: empiricism that limits [[experience]] as a source of [[knowledge]] to sensation or sense [[perceptions]]

*1: empiricism that limits [[experience]] as a source of [[knowledge]] to sensation or sense [[perceptions]]

*2: the use or [[effect]] of sensational subject matter or treatment  

*2: the use or [[effect]] of sensational subject matter or treatment  

:a. arousing or tending to arouse (as by lurid details) a quick, [[intense]], and usually [[superficial]] interest, [[curiosity]], or [[emotional]] [[reaction]] <sensational tabloid news>  

:a. arousing or tending to arouse (as by lurid details) a quick, [[intense]], and usually [[superficial]] interest, [[curiosity]], or [[emotional]] [[reaction]] <sensational tabloid news>

 

 

 

==Description==

==Description==

'''Sensationalism''' is a type of [[editorial]] bias in [[media]] in which [[events]] and [[topics]] in news stories and pieces are over-hyped to increase viewership or readership numbers. Sensationalism may include reporting about generally insignificant matters and [[events]] that don't influence overall [[society]] and biased presentations of newsworthy [[topics]] in a sensationalist, [[trivial]] or tabloid manner.

'''Sensationalism''' is a type of [[editorial]] bias in [[media]] in which [[events]] and [[topics]] in news stories and pieces are over-hyped to increase viewership or readership numbers. Sensationalism may include reporting about generally insignificant matters and [[events]] that don't influence overall [[society]] and biased presentations of newsworthy [[topics]] in a sensationalist, [[trivial]] or tabloid manner.