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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1846]
==Definitions==
*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
: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==
'''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.
Some [[tactics]] include being deliberately obtuse, appealing to [[emotions]], being [[controversial]], intentionally omitting [[facts]] and [[information]], being loud, self-centered and acting to obtain [[attention]]. [[Trivial]] [[information]] and [[events]] are sometimes misrepresented and exaggerated as important or significant, and often includes [[stories]] about the [[actions]] of [[individuals]] and small groups of people, the [[content]] of which is often insignificant and irrelevant [[relative]] to the macro-level day-to-day [[events]] that occur globally. Furthermore, the content and subject matter typically doesn't affect the lives of the masses and doesn't affect [[society]], and instead is broadcast and printed to [[attract]] viewers and [[readers]].
==See also==
*'''''[[Spectacle]]'''''
[[Category: General Reference]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1846]
==Definitions==
*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
: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==
'''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.
Some [[tactics]] include being deliberately obtuse, appealing to [[emotions]], being [[controversial]], intentionally omitting [[facts]] and [[information]], being loud, self-centered and acting to obtain [[attention]]. [[Trivial]] [[information]] and [[events]] are sometimes misrepresented and exaggerated as important or significant, and often includes [[stories]] about the [[actions]] of [[individuals]] and small groups of people, the [[content]] of which is often insignificant and irrelevant [[relative]] to the macro-level day-to-day [[events]] that occur globally. Furthermore, the content and subject matter typically doesn't affect the lives of the masses and doesn't affect [[society]], and instead is broadcast and printed to [[attract]] viewers and [[readers]].
==See also==
*'''''[[Spectacle]]'''''
[[Category: General Reference]]
