A camera never told the truth: An exploration of objectivity in photojournalism
Several cases have surfaced in the past two decades where the photojournalists associated with some of the most respected and trusted news organizations have been accused of altering the news photos. During the same time, the developments in the digital cameras and editing software have put the imag...
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doaj-53b8373165274c4bb8695a5dd36d9fe52020-11-25T01:07:40ZengLodz University PressAnnales Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym1899-22262353-48692018-01-01214455710.18778/1899-2226.21.4.054438A camera never told the truth: An exploration of objectivity in photojournalismSharaf N. Rehman0University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Department of CommunicationSeveral cases have surfaced in the past two decades where the photojournalists associated with some of the most respected and trusted news organizations have been accused of altering the news photos. During the same time, the developments in the digital cameras and editing software have put the image altering technology into the hands of all practicing journalists and journalism students. This paper explores two, somewhat connected, issues: objectivity in photojournalism and ethics of altering photographic images. The paper discusses objectivity in journalism in general and photojournalism to address the question: Can a photojournalist use a camera to record reality in an objective manner? Since the photographers have altered (retouched) images from the very beginning of photography, where are the ethical boundaries of image alteration for the photojournalists?https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/annales/article/view/4438objectivity in news reportingdevelopment of photographywar photographyimage alterationPhotography and political propaganda |
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A camera never told the truth: An exploration of objectivity in photojournalism |
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A camera never told the truth: An exploration of objectivity in photojournalism |
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A camera never told the truth: An exploration of objectivity in photojournalism |
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A camera never told the truth: An exploration of objectivity in photojournalism |
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camera never told the truth: an exploration of objectivity in photojournalism |
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Lodz University Press |
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Annales Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym |
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1899-2226 2353-4869 |
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2018-01-01 |
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Several cases have surfaced in the past two decades where the photojournalists associated with some of the most respected and trusted news organizations have been accused of altering the news photos. During the same time, the developments in the digital cameras and editing software have put the image altering technology into the hands of all practicing journalists and journalism students. This paper explores two, somewhat connected, issues: objectivity in photojournalism and ethics of altering photographic images. The paper discusses objectivity in journalism in general and photojournalism to address the question: Can a photojournalist use a camera to record reality in an objective manner? Since the photographers have altered (retouched) images from the very beginning of photography, where are the ethical boundaries of image alteration for the photojournalists? |
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objectivity in news reporting development of photography war photography image alteration Photography and political propaganda |
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