Beyond Framing

Influences of subject–photographer interactions on visual journalism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7494730
AutoresTony Thomson (0000-0003-3913-3030, autor de correspondencia), Keith Greenwood (0000-0001-8809-2760)
Año2016
Volumen11
Número5
Páginas625-644
Fecha de publicación2016-03-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2016.1152908
OpenAlexW2324779674
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas23

Visual news media's framing has been well studied; however, production factors and cultural conditions involved in photographer–subject interactions have attracted less scholarly attention although they are no less influential in determining the depiction. Guided by social constructionism theory, in-depth interviews with staff photojournalists at a daily community newspaper in the Midwest and an analysis of their work revealed 22 variables that impact how and why images look the way they do. Photojournalists have complete control of only two of these variables, share partial control of 13, but have no control over the remaining seven. The photographers also shared insights into how to improve their journalism's verisimilitude when dealing with reactive subjects. The results support concepts of social constructionism that the subjects of photographs are most comfortable with photographers who share similar characteristics, but that some characteristics can have greater influence. The results also highlight areas where photographers might focus in pursuit of authenticity in journalistic photographs

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