sensation
The word sensation (adjective: sensational; from French sensation ' sensory impression '; from Latin sensus ' feeling ', ' understanding ' and sentire 'perceive', 'feel', 'perceive with the senses ') stands for something conspicuous, sensational or extraordinary Event . Such an event only becomes a sensation through a correspondingly widespread perception, that is, when it is picked up by various media, communicated and brought into the focus of general attention.
As a result of the information society and the associated flood of information , the threshold at which an event becomes a sensation has become very high. In some cases, however, intrusive reports that are picked up again in other media can make things a sensation, even if their importance does not justify this, as is shown, for example, in the tabloid press .
Furthermore, the term sensation is also understood in terms of haptic perception . In this respect, warm or painful sensations on the skin are different variants of the sensation.
literature
- Sonja Ganguin , Uwe Sander (Ed.): Sensation, bizarre and taboos in the media . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 978-3-531-14716-1 .
