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tabloidization, n. Brit. |ˌtablɔɪdʌɪˈzeɪʃn|, U.S. |ˌtæblɔɪˌdaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n|, |ˌtæblɔɪdəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n| Forms: 19– tabloidisation, 19– tabloidization [‹ tabloid n. + -ization suffix.] The compression, conversion, or transformation of literature, news, etc., into short, easily assimilable form, esp. when rendered in a sensationalist or reductive manner considered characteristic of tabloid journalism.
1926Wellsboro (Pa.) Agitator 22 Dec. 3/4 One wonders just a little what is to be the next tabloidization of myth or history. 1960K. Amis New Maps of Hell iv. 109 Complacency about sociology..is at least as bad as complacency about the tabloidisation of the classics. 1992Nation 24 Feb. 220/2 Is it a grotesque invasion of privacy, a banal journalistic feeding frenzy, a new benchmark in the tabloidization of American politics? 2001B. Sloan I watched Wild Hog eat my Baby i. 23 More significantly, the ‘tabloidization’ of today's mainstream media and the subtle changes that have taken place in ‘responsible journalism’ over the past quarter century would have been virtually impossible. |