To See and Be Seen - The Environments, Interactions and Identities Behind News Images (Hardcover)

Whether inscribed in physical media, projected on surfaces, or viewed on digital devices, we find ourselves constantly inundated with streams of visual data. Yet, we know surprisingly little about how these images are made, especially in journalistic contexts where representations are long-lasting and where repercussions can be dramatic. To See and Be Seen considers some of the ideological, aesthetic, pragmatic, institutional, cultural, commercial, environmental, and psychological forces that consciously or otherwise shape the production of news images and subsequently influence their reception. T. J. Thomson examines the expectations, experiences, and reactions of those depicted by visual journalists and considers other relevant factors: how do everyday people perceive cameras and those who operate them? How are identities visually represented and presented to different audiences? And how does the physical and the socially constructed environment shape those depictions? The results of Thomson's research provide one of the first empirical and real-time glimpses into the experience of being in front of a journalist's lens. To See and Be Seen enables us to understand the stories behind images by considering the environment in which such images are made, the exchange (if one occurred) between the camera-wielding observer and the observed, the identities of both parties, and how they react to the representations that are created.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2019
Authors:	T. J. Thomson
Dimensions:	228 x 161 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	186
ISBN-13:	978-1-78661-281-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic reportage
LSN:	1-78661-281-X
Barcode:	9781786612816

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