Yellow Journalism

Yellow Journalism is

• A type of investigative journalism that focuses on government, big business or social issues

• The name of a popular dime store novel

• A book about the disgusting conditions of slaughter houses

• A type of journalism that rarely relies on facts and is prone to exaggeration

Yellow Journalism is....

• Accurate, Reliable News

• Exaggerated News Reports

• Yellow Paper Reports

• Nonfiction News Reports

What was a result of Yellow Journalism?

• People stopped buying newspapers

• Public opinion for the war increased

• Public outcry against the war increased.

• US won the Spanish American War

The use of shocking language or ideas to excite people

• Influence

• Evidence

• Reasoning

• Sensationalism

Choose all of the following qualities that constitute yellow journalism.

• color supplementation

• scare headlines

• sensationalized stories

• deceiving information