Super Sensationalised Stories By: Palesa Tembe
I have chosen to review the value of sensationalist journalism. My opinion of this topic is that it is not that valuable and I believe it hypes up news unnecessarily. One would find a lot of sensationalised journalism in tabloid style news papers and magazines. This style of journalism does not give the reader an honest depiction of the story being covered.
I have chosen to review the value of sensationalist journalism. My opinion of this topic is that it is not that valuable and I believe it hypes up news unnecessarily. One would find a lot of sensationalised journalism in tabloid style news papers and magazines. This style of journalism does not give the reader an honest depiction of the story being covered.
Journalism is meant to be reporting on happens, through a specific angle, not creating your own dramatic soap opera out of these happens. I have read enough tabloid news papers that make simple stories sound like either a superhero struggle or the end of the world heart break. It is understandable that the more extreme your headline is, the more your paper will sell or the more hits your blog will receive (this is clear when you take the time to research which are the popular magazines, news papers and blogging sites amongst our generation). The youth love drama and when journalists give them that drama in the form of news, many will start reading more news or keeping up with your stories. However, with that said publishing headlines such as; Hacking Human Eyes, Beauty Hit as Wannabes Fall out and Horrific ID Drama Spells the End, are just too extreme and unrealistic. Meaning is lost and the story takes on a different tone, which is unnecessary.
Journalist should stay more true to the story and not feel the need to hype up a story for popularity. Be confident enough in your own reporting skill and keep it simple silly.
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