In the article by Coonfield & Huxford, News Images as Lived Images: Media Ritual, Cultural Performance, and Public Trauma, they bring up two important ways photojournalists have an influence on media consumers. 1) Photojournalist have the ability to convey a message through their photographs that is biased through their composition rather than objective. (like journalism ethics […]
media effects related to Earthquake
The author mainly argued the mediated responses to the Haiti earthquake, and how this case has shown the racialization of pity from a privileged white view. In the article, the author first introduced the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, which killed thousands of people and ruined their hometown. Then he argued the responses from US […]
Mediated Reality
This week we began to discuss news media in relation to our culture. As society has become modernized, news has become easier and quicker than ever to deliver. We no longer have to wait for a newspaper or a scheduled news segment on television to hear what is occurring. It’s as simple as keeping up […]
Living Images About That World
Reading the two articles for this week made me think about how the United States portrays tragic events that are happening in foreign countries to the public. When disaster strikes, the United States has a reputation of attempting to clean up the mess and take care of those in need. Although many people may think […]