By Anthony Napolitano Definition journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration Where did the term come from The term yellow journalism came from a popular New York World comic called Hogans Alley which featured a yellowdressed character named the the yellow kid ID: 398805
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Yellow Journalism
By: Anthony NapolitanoSlide2
Definition
journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggerationSlide3
Where did the term come from?
The term yellow journalism came from a popular New York World comic called "Hogan's Alley," which featured a yellow-dressed character named the "the yellow kid."Slide4
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Yellow
journalism helped to push Spain and the United States into war in 1898. The Maine, a US battleship, sunk from an explosion. Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst published false articles about a plot to sink the ship, thereby increasing tensions. Slide5
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The Spanish-American War was considered to be the first “media war”
During the 1890’s journalism has sensationalized and was becoming increasingly popular.Slide6
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Newspaper
owners William Randolph Hearst and Joseph
Pulitzer would use overly dramatic events and false headlines to increase the tensions between the US and Spain.Slide7
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Yellow journals like the
New York Journal
and the
New York World
relied on sensationalist headlines to sell newspapers. Slide8
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William Randolph Hearst understood that a war with Cuba would not only sell his papers, but also move him into a position of national prominence
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He knew that he would have to create some good headlines to get the American people into a rage. Slide9
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Historians
point to the Spanish-American War as the first press-driven war. Although it may be an exaggeration to claim that Hearst and the other yellow journalists started the war, it is fair to say that the press fueled the public's passion for warSlide10
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Without sensational headlines and stories about Cuban
issues,
the mood for Cuban intervention may have been very different.
At
the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States
came out
as a world power, and the U.S. press proved
its influence and power.