Yellow Journalism in the United States

Concept of Yellow Journalism

In the U.S., in the context of Ideology, Public Opinion and Media, Yellow Journalism has the following meaning: A style of journalism involving sensationalized reporting popularized in the late nineteenth century in the newspapers of barons of mass journalism such as Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph. The term is used today as a derogatory description of sensationalized, gossip-oriented, entertainment-driven news coverage. (Source of this definition of Yellow Journalism : University of Texas)

Yellow Journalism

Yellow Journalism in the U.S. Legal History

Summary

Sensationalistic press accounts of the volatile Cuban situation in the 1890s, led by William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal and Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World. Helped mobilize pro-interventionist public opinion prior to the Spanish-American war.

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• Ideology
• Public Opinion
• Media