Labeled the age of this late 1800's journalism period is generally regarded as the age of sensationalistic and fabricated news.

Yellow age

The yellow age is a period of journalistic sensationalism and an emphasis on profitable papers that carried exciting human-interest stories, crime news, large headlines, and more readable copy. This reporting is considered a direct forerunner of today's tabloid papers and celebrity-centered reporting.

Urban growth invariably feeds increased commercialization and industrialization. it requires continually expanding land areas. when urbanization rates are high, and countries do not have the institutional and managerial capacities or economic wherewithal to manage such rapid growths, they exert intense pressure on the types and nature of the resulting settlements. they contribute to the development of overcrowded slums and shanty towns without adequate essential services and necessary infrastructure.-by asit k. biswas and cecilia tortajada