American Decades
"'Tabloid Journalism': Its Causes and Effects"
Journal article
By: A. Maurice Low
Date: March 1901
Source: Low, A. Maurice. "'Tabloid Journalism': Its Causes and Effects." The Forum 31, March 1901, 56–61.
About the Author: British by birth, Sir A. Maurice Low (1860–1929) wrote extensively about America, where he earned his master's degree. Low reported for the Boston Globe, performed policy research for the U.S. and British governments, and wrote dozens of articles and books, including the two-volume The American People: A Study in National Psychology. When Low died, he was the chief U.S. correspondent for the London Post in Washington, D.C., where he had lived for fifteen years. He was knighted after his death.
Introduction
Today, tabloid journalism possesses a purely pejorative connotation. The term conveys substandard, biased, or salacious reporting. The public views...
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- News Coverage of Natural Disasters
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- Political Cartoons Critical of U.S. Imperialism
- Did the New York Journal Kill President McKinley?
- Our National Parks
- "American Progress in Habana"
- The Great Train Robbery
- "The College of Journalism"
- The Shame of the Cities
- "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces"
- "The Man with the Muck Rake"
- The Outlook and the Civil Rights Movement
- The Jungle
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
