Research done by Herman Wasserman and Tanja Bosch shows that South African tabloids did not conform to stereotypes of sensationalism, but provided relevant, contextual coverage of the Covid19 pandemic (repost the piece from The Conversation

Research done by Herman Wasserman and Tanja Bosch shows that South African tabloids did not conform to stereotypes of sensationalism, but provided relevant, contextual coverage of the Covid19 pandemic (repost the piece from The Conversation

Tabloid newspapers are seen as sensationalist – but South Africa’s Daily Sun flipped that script during COVID-19 Tabloid journalism usually refers to short, easily readable and mostly human-interest news, presented in a highly visual and sensationalist style....