Really Social Photojournalism: A Call to Action

Palmer, Erik

doi:10.1080/15551393.2017.1388700

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“…Also fundamentally transforming the mediation of distant suffering is the development of digital technology. New media has been praised for allowing photojournalism to better uphold the greater ‘social mission’ of the industry (Palmer, 2017: 198), as photojournalists gain autonomy in their practice and break away from the confounds of the traditional media format (Tait, 2017). Yet this optimistic perspective of the media’s use of digital technology ignores what Berents (2016: 12) refers to as ‘uneven topographies of digital power’ at the global level which facilitate ‘depoliticized appeal[s] to solidarity’.…”

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(Re)locating photojournalism within a transmedia economy: a case study on the meaning-making process with stories of female Boko Haram survivors

Presa

Ruiz

2021

Visual Communication

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This study explores the representations of female captives and survivors of Boko Haram in what the authors define as a transmedia project formed by an ensemble of interconnected multi-modal/media productions circulated through off- and online spaces, and merging photojournalism and humanitarian markets. The authors draw on semiotic analytical tools in unravelling the process of meaning-making and point to a trend of spectacle renewal in which recycled textual and visual elements function as forms of (self) promotion within the transmedia project. In its response to neoliberal logics of production and circulation of culture, this transmedia project ends up reproducing reductionist portrayals of Boko Horam (ex-)captives and empowering Western producers and consumers through representations that fortify a gendered, neocolonial relationship. This research problematizes the moralistic narratives that support this transmedia economy and proposes alternative modes of sharing and consuming photojournalism stories in order to encourage more critical engagement.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%