Track the evolution from partisan press to yellow journalism

The term "yellow press" appeared in the USA, when the largest monopolists of the newspaper business Pulitzer and Hearst fought for the market. Many researchers trace the history of the "yellow" press from the end of the 19th century, forgetting that earlier there were also newspapers that contributed to the formation of this type of press.

As a synonym for citizen journalism or participation journalism, the concept of “partisan journalism” is often used. This refers to the confrontation between the authorities and the average person - media activists from African and Asian countries with unstable political regimes. The goal of this type of journalism is to ensure freedom of speech in an environment with strict censorship, where there are no other ways to create resonance for events that are important for society and which are not covered in state media.

Despite widespread recognition of participative journalism, in recent years, it has become increasingly apparent that this phenomenon is not so straightforward. The fact is that Web 2.0 technologies have contributed to such a huge influx of information into the Network that the emphasis on the availability of information has shifted to its quality. On the Internet, one can find data on almost everything that can interest an ordinary person. But the question is, if it is expedient to believe the entries from regular blogs or co-created articles that do not pass any professional verification. Such sources are a purely individual space, which depends entirely on the desires and ideas of their creators, and, naturally, from their education. As the result, the ‘network’ is full of examples of unprofessionally designed, hard-to-read entries representing the subjective opinion of the author - in other words, yellow journalism.

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