Phototruth or photofiction? : ethics and media imagery in the digital age / / Tom Wheeler

• Autore: Wheeler Tom <1960->
• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J. : , : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, , 2002; ©2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 218 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 174/.9070
• Soggetto topico: Photojournalism - Moral and ethical aspects; Image processing - Digital techniques - Moral and ethical aspects; Mass media criticism
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 ""A Picture of Reality"": Qualified Objectivity in Visual Journalism; 2 Old-Fashioned Fakery: Photo Manipulation in the Pre-Digital Era; 3 The Digital Media Landscape: Liquid Imagery, Shaky Credibility; 4 The New Threat: Digital Deception and the Loss of Faith; 5 Rationales and Excuses: Justifying Staged and Manipulated Photos; 6 Ethical Foundations: Doing the Right Thing; 7 Taking Journalistic Photographs: Traditions and Techniques; 8 Processing Journalistic Photographs: Keeping It Real ; 9 Publishing Journalistic Photographs: Context and Viewer Preconceptions10 The ""Nonfiction Photographic Environment"": A Range of Implied Authenticity; 11 Introducing the Reader's ""Qualified Expectation of Reality"": The Quote Standard; 12 Previewing the Guidelines for Photo Assessment: Defining ""Photofiction""; 13 Photofiction Tests 1 and 2: The Viewfinder and Nonfiction Photography's Process Tests; 14 Photofiction Tests 3 and 4: The Technical Credibility and Obvious Implausibility Tests; 15 The Wording of a Disclosure ; 16 The Prominence of a Disclosure Test 5: The ""Essence of the Image""17 Cosmetic Retouching: Skin Deep?; 18 Applying the Guidelines: Case Studies; 19 Journalistic Photography Online: A Possible Future; 20 A Fragile Fortress of Credibility; Credits; Name Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text examines the use of images in journalistic contexts and the manipulation of these images to accomplish varying objectives. It provides a framework for critical discussion among professionals, educators, students, and concerned consumers of newspapers, magazines, online journals, and other nonfiction media. It also offers a method of assessing the ethics of mass-media photos, which will help visual journalists to embrace new technologies while preserving their credibility.
• Titolo autorizzato: Phototruth or photofiction
• ISBN: 1-282-32670-8; 9786612326707; 1-4106-1308-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783510503321
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