Images of people about to die surface repeatedly in the news, particularly around the difficult and unsettled events of war, political revolution, terrorism, natural disaster, and other crises. Their appearance raises questions: Whatequips an image to deliver the news; how much does the public need to know tomake sense of what they see; and what do these images contribute to historical memory? About To Die addresses these questions by using images of imminent death as a litmus test for considering news imagery and visual meaning more broadly. INDICE: 1.: Journalism, Memory and The Voice of the Visual; 2.: Why Images of Impending Death Makes Sense in the News; 3.: Presumed Death; 4.: Possible Death; 5.: Certain Death; 6.: Journalism's Mix of Presumption, Possibility and Certainty; 7.: When the 'As If' Erases Accountability; 8.: How News ImagesMove the Public in Print and Onscreen
- ISBN: 978-0-19-975213-3
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 352
- Fecha Publicación: 13/01/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés