Taking Our Pictures: Citizen Photojournalism in Traditional US News Media
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Language
eng
Publication Date
2017
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Source Publication
Photojournalism and Citizen Journalism
Source ISSN
9780415792462
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.
Recommended Citation
Brennen, Bonnie and Brennen, J. Scott, "Taking Our Pictures: Citizen Photojournalism in Traditional US News Media" (2017). College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications. 477.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/comm_fac/477
Comments
"Taking Our Pictures: Citizen Photojournalism in Traditional US News Media," in Photojournalism and Citizen Journalism edited by Stuart Allan. London ; New York Routledge 2017: Chapter 4. Google books.