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Sensationalist media is a style of journalism or media coverage that exaggerates dramatic content to attract attention in hopes of increasing audience engagement. The primary goal of sensationalist media is to provoke strong reactions through the use of shocking headlines, graphic images, or sensational language. This often means the media tends to prioritise entertainment value over accuracy and factual reporting. Sensationalist media focuses on the sensational aspects of a story, such as scandal, conflict, violence, or  gossip, rather than providing a balanced representation of events.  Although criticised heavily, sensationalist media does serve some advantageous aspects to whoever uses it. This is why it is still seen and in constant use in modern media.  The media use sensationalist media as it can be an easy way to gain increased audience engagement. This is because a headline can easily attract peoples attention by twisting the truth about it. The more people it at...

The African Cup Of Nations has come under lots of scrutiny over the past few years for many reasons. They are usually justified as to the footballing culture it's seen as a laughing stock. If you are unaware of what AFCON actually is, this is a breif rundown (of this year's tournaments setup). It's a football knockout based competition where African teams take each other on in groups of four. This year there were 24 teams who took part. AFCON made the decision after 2010 to hold the competition every odd year to not clash with the world cup. The top two in the group progress straight to the knockouts, third place takes on other third place teams to see who gets into the knockouts and then last place gets eliminated. Then like any tournament the teams who earned their place go through the round of 16, followed by the quarter finals, then the semi finals and finally the finals.  There has been more eyes than ever on AFCON as more teams get introduced the more players are take...

Sexism is a prejudice or discrimination, in this case, directed towards women. It has been linked to gender roles and stereotypes and includes the belief that one gender is superior to the other. sexism usually refers to people who see a gender having a certain role in society. It is undeniable that women face sexism in journalism all over the world. In 40 countries its identified "dangerous or "very dangerous" for woman journalists to go to that country on the basis they will encounter some sort of sexism. It is not just outside discrimination they are facing, many women experience more sexism online rather than on the field. 73% of women said sexism occurs in places such as social media or emails. Whats worse is that 58% of women feel personally attacked in the workplace. A place where people are meant to feel safe. The sexism has basically become a part of the job and something women have to put up with from their male counterparts. There has been hard evidence of fem...