| 单词 | yellow journalism |
| 释义 | yellow journalismSEE SYNONYMS FOR yellow journalism ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe type of journalism that relies on sensationalism and lurid exaggeration to attract readers Word Origin for yellow journalismC19: perhaps shortened from the phrase Yellow Kid journalism, referring to the Yellow Kid, a cartoon (1895) in the New York World, a newspaper having a reputation for sensationalism Words nearby yellow journalismyellowish, yellow jack, yellow jacket, yellow jasmine, yellow jersey, yellow journalism, Yellowknife, yellow lady's-slipper, yellow lead ore, yellowlegs, yellow light Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for yellow journalismyellow journalism Inflammatory, irresponsible reporting by newspapers. The phrase arose during the 1890s, when some American newspapers, particularly those run by William Randolph Hearst, worked to incite hatred of Spain, thereby contributing to the start of the Spanish-American War. Newspapers that practice yellow journalism are called yellow press. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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