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

To See and Be Seen is also available as an audiobook via Amazon, Audible, and Apple Books. 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. To See and Be Seen is the winner of the National Communication Association's 2020 Diane S. Hope Book of the Year Award. NCA reviewers called the book "a signature achievement in understanding the process of media production and the ethics of photojournalism."

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2022
Authors:	T. J. Thomson
Dimensions:	219 x 154 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	186
ISBN-13:	978-1-5381-4802-0
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic reportage Promotions
LSN:	1-5381-4802-1
Barcode:	9781538148020

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