The Rise and Development of the Inverted-Pyramid News in English Journalism
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https://doi.org/10.55544/sjmars.5.2.9Keywords:
objective journalism, inverted-pyramid journalism in English, rise and communication, journalism history, mass communication, inverted pyramid, news writing structureAbstract
In the evolution of American newspaper industry and its news writing practices, the penny newspapers and the proliferation of yellow journalism gave rise to the emergence of objective journalism. The inverted-pyramid journalism, which originated during the North American War of Independence, can guarantee objective journalism, and therefore gained popularity and became the dominant news writing method in the English-speaking world during the 1920s and 1930s. As the global situation became increasingly complex, new forms of news writing practices and genres continued to develop. This article aims to re-explore the concept of objective journalism and the historical emergence of the inverted-pyramid journalism in the evolution of news writing practices in the American newspaper industry, and further to review the new reporting practices and genres derived from the transmission of the inverted-pyramid journalism, thereby addressing gaps and inaccuracies in previous research.
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