ARTICLE: Sensationalism does indeed boost viewing time of news videos
The biggest truism about the use of sensationalism in news stories seems to be that it is a guarantee for success in terms of selling the stories to the public, … Continued
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ARTICLE: Sensationalism in online news publications
Danielle K Kilgo, of University of Texas, Summer Harlow, of Florida State University, Víctor García-Perdomo, of University of Texas, and Ramón Salaverría, of University of Navarra examine how sensationalism impacts … Continued
ARTICLE: Gaming journalists defending their role during GamerGate
During the GamerGate controversy in 2014 and 2015, gaming journalists had to manage a debate on two fronts: defending gaming journalism and remediating attacks on women. Gregory Perreault of Appalachian … Continued
ARTICLE: Audience attitudes towards immigrants change depending on which news they watch
Television news offered by public service broadcasters are different from those by commercial broadcasters – and they have different effects on their audiences, write Laura Jacobs, Cecil Meeusen, and Leen … Continued
ARTICLE: Sensationalism in news coverage
New article by Bouchra Arbaoui, Knut De Swert and Wouter van der Brug, all of University of Amsterdam, explores how sensationalism in the news is affected by two characteristics of television … Continued
PROJECT: Tabloidization in the UK newspapers 1970–2010
Julia Lefkowitz is a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Currently she is writing a doctoral thesis on the concept of ‘tabloidization’ as a function of the … Continued
ARTICLE: The dual-convergence between tabloids and quality news
As news values of tabloids influence the so-called quality newspapers to become more tabloid-like, the effect also works the other way around. A new article by Julia Lefkowitz of the … Continued
ARTICLE: Science journalism headlines over-the-top
The headlines of science stories are often excessively emotive and exeggeratory, writes Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska, of Opole University. The author studied the headlines of 400 most-read stories published on the website … Continued
ARTICLE: Faces of victims and killers alike get forgotten
People usually don’t recognize the faces of murder victims, even if the case was widely publicised, write Michael Brookes, David Wilson, Elizabeth Yardley, Mohammed Rahman, Sophie Rowe, all of Birmingham … Continued
ARTICLE: A hero in the making – myth in newspapers
Three of the most prominent German newspaper were all taken in by a mythical narrative surrounding the political shooting star, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg. Stine Eckert, of Wayne State University, took … Continued