WHEN NEWS MEDIA TURN TO CITIZEN-GENERATED IMAGES OF WAR Transparency and graphicness in the visual coverage of the Syrian conflict

被引:15
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作者
Mast, Jelle [1 ]
Hanegreefs, Samuel [2 ]
机构
[1] Vrije Univ Brussel, Brussels Inst Journalism Studies BIJU, Dept Appl Linguist, Brussels, Belgium
[2] Vrije Univ Brussel, Dept Appl Linguist, Brussels, Belgium
关键词
graphicness; photojournalism; transparency; user-generated content; visual framing; war journalism; JOURNALISTS;
D O I
10.1080/21670811.2015.1034527
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
This study takes the context of the Syrian war and media blackout as a pertinent case to investigate issues of transparency and graphicness when mainstream news media incorporate citizen-generated images. More specifically, we investigate (1) relative proportions of citizen and professional images used by news media through time; (2) source references, and indications of the non-professional origin of images; and (3) topic and explicitness of the depictions provided by citizens versus professionals. In order to do so, we conducted a systematic-quantifying content analysis of the visual coverage of the Syrian war in three Flemish mainstream news media between March 2011 and December 2012 (N = 768). Citizen-generated images prove to be an invaluable source for traditional news media exceeding the urgency of the initial period. Moreover, it seems that professional and citizen imagery fulfill a complementary role in representing different visual framings of (the Syrian) war. Yet the study also confirms non-professional imagery to be more graphic, and news media to be lacking in transparency.
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页码:594 / 614
页数:21
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