Internet chum has a lot in common with paper-based chum like tabloid newspapers: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=national+enquirer+star+globe+tabloids

Internet chum has a lot in common with paper-based chum like tabloid newspapers: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=national+enquirer+star+globe+tabloids https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=national+enquirer+s... I see shared techniques of exclamation marks in headlines and showing human faces in distress... - faces caught mid-expression with anger and mouths open like wolves showing fangs (Michelle Obama, Tom Cruise, Dr. Phil) - Angelina Jolie crying - photos of celebrities in caskets In contrast, People Magazine still has some exclamation marks but a lot less of it than the tabloids: https://www.google.com/search?q=people+magazine+covers&source=lnms&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=people+magazine+covers&sourc... (But many would consider People, US, Cosmopolitan, etc to be "chum" as well.)