Phototruth or photofiction? : ethics and media imagery in the digital age /
Tom Wheeler.
- xxii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A History of "Phototruth" "A Picture of Reality": Qualified Objectivity in Visual Journalism. Old-Fashioned Fakery: Photo Manipulation in the Pre-Digital Era -- Implications of the New Digital Age. The Digital Media Landscape: Liquid Imagery, Shaky Credibility. The New Threat: Digital Deception and the Loss of Faith. Rationales and Excuses: Justifying Staged and Manipulated Photos -- Groundwork: Toward a Protocol. Ethical Foundations: Doing the Right Thing. Taking Journalistic Photographs: Traditions and Techniques. Processing Journalistic Photographs: Keeping It Real. Publishing Journalistic Photographs: Context and Viewer Preconceptions -- Developing a Protocol. The "Nonfiction Photographic Environment": A Range of Implied Authenticity. Introducing the Reader's "Qualified Expectation of Reality": The Quote Standard. Previewing the Guidelines for Photo Assessment: Defining "Photofiction" Photofiction Tests 1 and 2: The Viewfinder and Nonfiction Photography's Process Tests. Photofiction Tests 3 and 4: The Technical Credibility and Obvious Implausibility Tests. The Wording of a Disclosure. The Prominence of a Disclosure Test 5: The "Essence of the Image" Cosmetic Retouching: Skin Deep? Applying the Guidelines: Case Studies. Journalistic Photography Online: A Possible Future. A Fragile Fortress of Credibility. I. 1. 2. II. 3. 4. 5. III. 6. 7. 8. 9. IV. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
"The use of electronic technology to digitize, enhance, and manipulate photographic images has provoked many ethical questions and raised doubts about the public's ability to trust photographs as representations of "truth" or "fact." In this text, University of Oregon journalism professor Thomas H. Wheeler tackles these issues, providing a critical analysis of image manipulation and considering the repercussions of the digital age not only on photojournalism but also on nonfiction imagery in general." "This book is intended for students in photojournalism, mass communication, visual communication, and media ethics. It will also be provocative reading for professionals, scholars, and media consumers asking whether they can still believe what they see in nonfiction media."--BOOK JACKET.
0805842616 9780805842616
2002017492
Photojournalism--Moral and ethical aspects Image processing--Digital techniques--Moral and ethical aspects. Mass media criticism