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Chapter 1 Vocab
7 cards·by Erica Esquivel
yellow journalism
a sensationla brand of journalism given to hoaxes, altered
photographs,screamingheadlines, frauds, and endless promotions of the newspapers
Muckraking
journalism that crusades for social justice or to expose wrongdoing
Shock jock
a radio disk jockey who entertains his or her audience by saying outrageous, often
vulgaroroffensive, things about people or situations.
Global village
the concept, so named by Marshall McLuhan, of the world as having become a more
tightlyinterrelated community because of simultaneous
Computer-assisted reporting
the use of various news writer creates by using characteristics of several real people.
partisan press
early American newspapers that aligned themselves with one political party.
wire service
a service that provides, for a fee, news from around the world to publications that subscribe
to it