Blurry and Centered or Clear and Balanced

Citizen photojournalists and professional photojournalists' understanding of each other's visual values

Bibliographic Data

ID7510591
AuthorsTara Marie Mortensen (0000-0002-4541-1570, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume8
Issue6
Pages704-725
Publication date2014-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2014.892703
OpenAlexW2171766686
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited39

Contemporary photojournalists are seeing their fellow photojournalists being laid off, are struggling to defend their professional values, and all the while having their own hard-fought photographs displayed next to blurry and grainy amateur images taken by mere happenstance. Professional photojournalists and citizen photojournalists are performing similar work, but have very differing understandings of photojournalism values and—importantly—of each other. The purpose of this study was to glean an insight into professional photojournalists' and citizen photojournalists' perceptions of photojournalism values through a coorientational framework. The results revealed that professional photojournalists may dislike citizen photojournalists and generally do not understand them accurately, hinting toward a sense of professional threat. Citizen photojournalists, on the other hand, are more accurate and may seek to model themselves on professional photojournalists

Political science · Computer Science · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology

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