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Sensationalism

In journalism and mass media, sensationalism is a type of editorial tactic. Events and topics in news stories are selected and worded to excite the greatest number of readers and viewers.

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Sensationalism

Nodes65
Edges64
Triples40
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030769
Components1

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Sensationalism

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related to Role of profit · 12
Sensationalism → Advertisers, In, Mariska Kleemans, News Video, Obvious, One, Paul Hendriks Vettehen, Proving, Sometimes, The, Time Spent, What Sensationalism Contributes
related to history · 11
Sensationalism → According, Acta Diurna, Ancient Roman, British, History, In, Mitchell Stephens, News, Stephens, The, Through
related to Responses to sensationalism · 5
Sensationalism → Andrew Leonard, Fact-checking, Pol, Some, When American
related to Political polarization and democratic backsliding · 4
Sensationalism → Algorithms, Google, Political, This
related to Teaser · 3
Sensationalism → Berube, David, In YouTube
is a · 1
Sensationalism → type of editorial tactic

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Sensationalismis atype of editorial tactic0.90text
Facebookinstance ofOn web-based platforms0.80text
Googleinstance ofOn web-based platforms0.80text
and YouTube their respective algorithms are used to maximize advertising revenue by attractinginstance ofOn web-based platforms0.80text
keeping the attention of usersinstance ofOn web-based platforms0.80text
Sensationalismrelated to historyIn0.60section
Sensationalismrelated to historyHistory0.60section
Sensationalismrelated to historyNews0.60section
Sensationalismrelated to historyMitchell Stephens0.60section
Sensationalismrelated to historyAncient Roman0.60section
Sensationalismrelated to historyActa Diurna0.60section
Sensationalismrelated to historyAccording0.60section

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