Tabloid television
Tabloid television, also known as teletabloid,[1] is a form of tabloid journalism. Tabloid television news broadcasting usually incorporate flashy graphics and sensationalized stories. Often, there is a heavy emphasis on crime and celebrity news.[2]
Global perspective
The United States is not the only
In his book Tabloid Television, John Langer argues that this type of "other news" is as equally important as the "hard news".[4][5]
Examples of tabloid television
Popular shows of this type includes Hard Copy and A Current Affair.[6][7][8]
A commonly cited example of tabloid television run amok is a series of reports in 2001 collectively dubbed the Summer of the Shark, focusing on a supposed epidemic of shark attacks after one highly publicized attack on an 8-year-old boy. In reality, there were fewer than average shark attacks that year.[9]
Other examples include the coverage of '
See also
- Shock value
- Trial by Media-2020 series about notable media-covered true crime stories
- Low culture
References
- ISBN 978-88-6867-138-9.
- ^ Tabloid nation|Salon.com
- ^ The Tabloid Decade|Vanity Fair
- ^ Tabloid Television|Taylor & Francis Group
- ^ Tabloid Television - Google Books
- ^ Tabloid nation|Salon.com
- ^ A guide to tabloid TV|EW.com
- ^ Steve Dunleavy and the Rise of Tabloid TV|Observer
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
- ^ Deborah Potter (October–November 2003). "A STORY FOR ALL SEASONS: Summertime crime stories are no longer confined to hot-weather months". News Lab Organization. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
Further reading
- Potter, Deborah (October/November 2003). A Story for All Seasons - American Journalism Review. Found at NewsLab.org (July 16, 2005).
- John Langer (1998). Tabloid television: popular journalism and the "other news". Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-06636-5.
- Joshua Gamson (1999). Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows and Sexual Nonconformity. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-28065-3.
- Kearns, Burt (October 1999) Tabloid Baby