Conference report: Sixth annual meeting of the international visual sociology association visual studies workshop,July 15, 16, 17, 1988 |
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Authors: | Karen Kline Russ Belk Steve Gold |
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Institution: | Member of the Impact Visuals cooperative of New York |
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Abstract: | How does the visual construction process of news influence the resulting cultural images? In this study of Time magazine's creation of a 1990 documentary, “The Palestinians, A Long, Bloody Road to Nationhood,” I first look at possible meanings in the printed photographs, and then explore how Time's institutional processes of story conceptualization, photo assignment, editing, and layout each create parameters for meaning. The discussion shows how Time editors ultimately construct their product using visual affect as an assumed first level of meaning. |
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