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Trends and Issues

Trends and Issues. Using Photos Ethically. A V isually Oriented World. The world has become more and more visually oriented People read less and depend more on illustrations Journalists must make sure that photographs – what they suggest and what they show – are ethical. Foolish Photos.

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Trends and Issues

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  1. Trends and Issues Using Photos Ethically

  2. A Visually Oriented World • The world has become more and more visually oriented • People read less and depend more on illustrations • Journalists must make sure that photographs – what they suggest and what they show – are ethical

  3. Foolish Photos • Photos are often used in the professional press that make people – especially public figures – bad or foolish • Hundreds of pictures of public figures show up – of course some are going to be bad • Usually photos these “foolish photos” don’t have a lasting effect but for some they might be the stop of a career (ex: A bad photo of someone running for president)

  4. Photo Implications • Readers are quick to identify implications in photos • For example: • Newsweek posts a photo of Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh looking like a sweet and innocent young man • People are then outrage for what this implies – the audience thought the photo suggested McVeigh was a harmless kid and not a murderer

  5. How Much is too Much? • Is any news story “too personal”? • We generally do not see things like the bodies of people in an airplane crash, but it’s not the same for other disasters • Ex: Columbine – the deaths and loved one’s reactions to deaths are photographed from extremely close range • Was this right/ethical?

  6. Decisions • It is up to the photo editors whether or not to run photographs – especially the ones bordering on unethical • Be sure to know where the photos are being placed in the newspaper – the audience might misinterpret one • Ex: A photo of an innocent child next to a story about a murder • This may even lead to lawsuits

  7. School and Photography • In school publications, photo choice and position are especially important – wide range in audience • May not have to deal with life-and-death or lawsuits but it is important consider other people’s feelings • DON’T use the excuse “because we’ve got it” to use a photo

  8. Ending Questions • Where does the public’s right to know end in dealing with the survivors of tragedies? • Do newspapers have the right to print any photo they take? • How do you define the line between ethical and unethical photographs?

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