USA HISTORY

What was it called when sensational headlines such as the above image were used to spur the public emotions to sell more newspapers?

(A) “jingoism”

(B) “propaganda”

(C) “yellow fever”

(D) ** “yellow journalism”

Concept note-1: -yellow journalism, the use of lurid features and sensationalized news in newspaper publishing to attract readers and increase circulation. The phrase was coined in the 1890s to describe the tactics employed in the furious competition between two New York City newspapers, the World and the Journal.

Concept note-2: -What was it called when sensational headlines such as the above image were used to spur the public emotions to sell more newspapers? “Yellow journalism” was term used when poor research and sensational headlines were used to sway public opinion to purchase more newspapers.

Concept note-3: -Yellow journalism usually refers to sensationalistic or biased stories that newspapers present as objective truth. Established late 19th-century journalists coined the term to belittle the unconventional techniques of their rivals.

Concept note-4: -Yellow journalism was a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts. During its heyday in the late 19th century it was one of many factors that helped push the United States and Spain into war in Cuba and the Philippines, leading to the acquisition of overseas territory by the United States.