Taking our Pictures

Authors

Bonnie Brennen, Marquette UniversityFollow
J. S. Brennen

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

16 p.

Publication Date

8-2015

Publisher

Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Source Publication

Journalism Practice

Source ISSN

1751-2786

Abstract

This qualitative research project explores the specific ways in which 12 traditional television, print and internet news organizations in the United States integrated user-generated visual content into news coverage over the course of an ordinary week, June 8–14, 2014. Framed from a cultural materialist perspective, we found that user-generated visual content constituted a minimal part of the print, broadcast and online news coverage. Based on our research, we suggest that traditional media outlets marginalized the use of citizen photojournalism in an effort to control news production, maintain their influence and power, and to reinforce the reliance on ideological notions of accurate, responsible and relevant journalism.

Comments

Journalism Practice, Vol. 9, No. 4 (August 2015): 520-535. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Brennen, Bonnie and Brennen, J. S., "Taking our Pictures" (2015). College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications. 411.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/comm_fac/411