Photojournalism: A Social Semiotic Approach [electronic resource] /
Caple, H.author.
This book explores the role of photographs in newspapers and online news, analyzing how meanings are made in images and exploring text-image relations, illustrated with authentic news stories from both print and online news outlets.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing the multisemiotic news story; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Why study photojournalism?; 1.3 How has photojournalism been studied?; 1.4 How can we study photojournalism?; 1.5 Data collection; 1.6 Structure of the book; 1.7 The aim of this book; 2 News values and the multisemiotic news story; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Exploring news values; 2.3 News values and press photography; 2.4 A discursive approach to news values; 2.5 The discursive construal of news values in images; 2.6 Conclusion; 3 The multiple functionality of news images
3.1 Introduction3.2 System networks and metafunction; 3.3 A metafunctional approach to image analysis; 3.4 Conclusion; 4 Composition and aesthetic value in press photography; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Composition as a balancing act; 4.3 The Balance network; 4.4 Compositional meanings in image-nuclear news stories; 4.5 Enhancing aesthetic appeal; 4.6 Exceptions to the rule; 4.7 Conclusion; 5 Text-image relations in news discourse Part 1: Image as Nucleus; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Functional structure of the hard news story; 5.3 Functional structure of the multisemiotic news story; 5.4 Conclusion
6 Text-image relations in news discourse Part 2: Image as Satellite6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Analysing intersemiotic relations; 6.3 'Iraqi insurgents': a case study in text-image relations; 6.4 Conclusion; 7 Text-image relations in news discourse Part 3: Sequences of images; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Approaches to the analysis of sequences of images; 7.3 Online news galleries and cohesion; 7.4 Conclusion; 8 Evolving practices; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The aims and objectives of this book; 8.3 The evolving mediascape; 8.4 The future of news(papers); Notes to chapters; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book explores the role of photographs in newspapers and online news, analyzing how meanings are made in images and exploring text-image relations, illustrated with authentic news stories from both print and online news outlets.
Communication.
Linguistics.
Journalism.
Discourse analysis.
Media Studies.
Linguistics, general.
Journalism.
Media and Communication.
Discourse Analysis.
Communication Studies.