Sensationalism in News Stories

Sensationalism - Over hyping a certain topic or over fabricating it, I have told you over a thousand times could be a type of Sensationalism.

As you can see above, one article for the 'Daily Mail' uses the words, "The most heavily guarded British Football match ever" to over exaggerate how guarded the football match actually was. This could have been used to try and catch the readers eye and entice them to look at the article. Techniques like this are used a lot in newspapers because they can entice people to look deeper into their articles, newspapers like 'The Sun' use this a lot and this is why they have the representation they have now a days. Sensationalism can also be used in articles to make them sound more interesting than they actually are, no one wants to read an article based on something uninteresting, using this technique works around this.

Media Wise

Media Wise give advise and assistance to people who have been affected by 'inaccurate, intrusive, or sensational media coverage'. They also deliver 'use-of-the-media' training for the members of the public.

Media guideline for Reporting Children

When it comes to reporting about children there are many things that the reporter has to keep in mind. Stereotyping is one area that reports have to be carful about, they have to completely avoid using stereotypes in their work for their own benefit. Security also has to be taken into account when reporting a child, before you start reporting the child you have to ensure that you have assured their guardian of how safe the child will be.