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media hype: a standalone construct

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Journalism studies

a self-reinforcing news wave triggered by one event in which coverage feeds on itself and enlarges an issue beyond its prior news value.

In journalism studies, media hype refers to a self-reinforcing news wave triggered by one event in which coverage feeds on itself and enlarges an issue beyond its prior news value. This meaning comes from Vasterman (2005) in European Journal of Communication.[1]

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  1. Vasterman, P. L. M. (2005). Media-Hype: Self-Reinforcing News Waves, Journalistic Standards and the Construction of Social Problems. European Journal of Communication, 20(4), 508-530. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323105058254

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