Yellow Journalism

Title

Yellow Journalism

Subject

American propaganda in the Spanish-American War

Description

[ID: Cover of Pulitzer's World with headline that reads, "Maine explosion caused by bomb or torpedo?" /end ID]

Analysis
Deliberate: premeditated
Systemic: part of a methodical and regular campaign by the American media  
Attempt: perceptual, cognitive 
Shaping Perceptions: language ("Maine" "bomb" "torpedo"), image (explosion, ship)
Achieve a Response: negative perception and sentiment towards perpetrators

Source

Example of Yellow Journalism in the cover of the Pulitzer’s World, History.state.gov. Accessed January 2022. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/yellow-journalism.

Original Format

Image

Physical Dimensions

200x200

Files

yellowjournalism.jpg

Citation

“Yellow Journalism,” American History of Propaganda, accessed November 19, 2024, https://ahop.reclaim.hosting/items/show/10.