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Essay On Sensationalism

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I would like to express my deepest appreciation to all those who provided me the possibility to complete this report. A special thanks to my teacher, Mr. Sherbaz Khan whose contribution in suggestions and encouragement helped me in writing this report. Special thanks goes to Greenwich University to provide me with this wonderful opportunity and to my fellow pupils without whom this report would have been deprived of depth and motivation. This reasearch will be looking into the matter of sensationalism and how it effects the perception of Greenwich university students. How sensationalism has taken its toll over media today and if its having a visible impact on changing opionions or distorting already present knowledge a student has acquire along the years. The report will give an insight into repercussions of attaing news through sensationlist channels and if the audience today is misinformed due the media being fraudulent and reporting news in a irresponsible manner. Sensationalism dates back to …show more content…

These may include news that is misrepresented, political statements being rearranged or simply pulling an emotional string to grasp attention of the viewer. This may also be known to the media world as yellow journalism/tabloid. Such journalism usually is not well researched or has any legitimate evidence. In today's day and age many news resources use sensationalism to grasps attention. As much as one would criticize sensationalism in media today we can’t ignore the fact that it is always able to have noticeable impact on us. Flipping through channels one always finds themselves stopping at a peculiar news story. There's a wide concern among people today if sensational form of media effects our judgment about new, Can the audience watching at home can draw a line between what is the truth and what the media wants you to

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