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Sensational News: The Rise of Lurid Journalism in America, 1830-1930
Jeremy Agnew
Sensational News: The Rise of Lurid Journalism in America, 1830-1930
Jeremy Agnew
Sensationalistic stories have attracted readers for as long as reading has been a popular form of entertainment. This study of sensationalism describes how newspapers added lurid details of crime, murder, scandal, gossip, and gruesome accidents to their coverage of news events in an effort to attract as many readers as they could.
277 pages, 35 photos
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 12, 2024 |
ISBN13 | 9781476692319 |
Publishers | McFarland & Co Inc |
Pages | 258 |
Dimensions | 229 × 151 × 19 mm · 402 g |