About to Die - How News Images Move the Public (Paperback)

Due to its ability to freeze a moment in time, the photo is a uniquely powerful device for ordering and understanding the world. But when an image depicts complex, ambiguous, or controversial events--terrorist attacks, wars, political assassinations--its ability to influence perception can prove deeply unsettling. Are we really seeing the world "as it is" or is the image a fabrication or projection? How do a photo's content and form shape a viewer's impressions? What do such images contribute to historical memory? About to Die focuses on one emotionally charged category of news photograph--depictions of individuals who are facing imminent death--as a prism for addressing such vital questions. Tracking events as wide-ranging as the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, the Holocaust, the Vietnam War, and 9/11, Barbie Zelizer demonstrates that modes of journalistic depiction and the power of the image are immense cultural forces that are still far from understood. Through a survey of a century of photojournalism, including close analysis of over sixty photos, About to Die provides a framework and vocabulary for understanding the news imagery that so profoundly shapes our view of the world.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	December 2010
Authors:	Barbie Zelizer (Raymond Williams Chair of Communication and the Director of the Scholars Program in Culture and Communication)
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	415
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-975214-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Television Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Special kinds of photography > Cinematography, television camerawork Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
LSN:	0-19-975214-1
Barcode:	9780199752140

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