Yellow Journalism

Yellow journalism is considered a nuisance to missing persons cases. True or False?

• True

• False

Outrageous headlines take part of magazines, newspapers or any other type of printed materials to attract readers. True or False?

• True

• False

The popular cartoon that was published by Pulitzer’s New York World and his popularity accounted in a tremendous increase in sales of the World is known as?

• Yellow spy

• New World kid

• Yellow World

• Yellow kid

Was the Spanish-American war, the first press driven war ?

• True

• False

Who won the battle over the Yellow Kid ?

• William Randolph Hearst

• Bill Gates

• No one knows

• Charles Darwin

Yellow journalism today would be called....

• factual news

• journalism

• fake news

• opinion journalism

Publishing information just to get a reaction is called....

• plagiarism

• journalism

• sensationalism

• slander

Answer explanation

Sensationalism means publishing information just to get a reaction and to sell yur publication.

What is the primary characteristic of yellow journalism?

• A) Objective reporting

• B) Sensationalism

• C) In-depth analysis

• D) Balanced viewpoints

Which of the following is a common tactic used in yellow journalism?

• A) Detailed fact-checking

• B) Use of anonymous sources

• C) Exaggerated headlines

• D) Neutral tone

The term 'yellow journalism' originated from a popular comic strip character. What was the name of this character?

• A) Yellow Kid

• B) Yellow Man

• C) Yellow Boy

• D) Yellow Cartoon