Sensationalism

Definitions

1. The use of sensational subject matter, style or methods, or the sensational subject matter itself; behavior, published materials, or broadcasts that are intentionally controversial, exaggerated, lurid, loud, or attention-grabbing. Especially applied to news media in a pejorative sense that they are reporting in a manner to gain audience or notoriety but at the expense of accuracy and professionalism.
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2. A theory of philosophy that all knowledge is ultimately derived from the senses.
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Examples

“Newspaper articles also were generally positive in tone, although a tendency towards sensationalism means that the spread⟳ of hybrid forms is occasionally touted as the universal language of the future.”

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