The Omran Daqneesh Imagery from the Streets of Aleppo to International Frontpages: Political Contestation, Documentary Value and Emotional Appeal
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The Omran Daqneesh Imagery from the Streets of Aleppo to International Frontpages : Political Contestation, Documentary Value and Emotional Appeal . / Mortensen, Mette; Mollerup, Nina Grønlykke.
I: Global Media and Communication, Bind 17, Nr. 2, 2021, s. 261-277.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - The Omran Daqneesh Imagery from the Streets of Aleppo to International Frontpages
T2 - Political Contestation, Documentary Value and Emotional Appeal
AU - Mortensen, Mette
AU - Mollerup, Nina Grønlykke
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This article studies the virality and assigned iconicity of visual icons by examining the roles and interplays between photographers and other media actors contributing to early phases of making and sharing the Omran Daqneesh images from Aleppo, 2016. We draw on theoretical frameworks concerning the mobilization of iconic imagery in today’s digitalized and globalized media landscape as well the interpretive continuum of documentary evidence and emotional appeal typically applied to iconic imagery of children. Empirically, we take our point of departure in interviews with photographers, NGO workers, editors and journalists involved in facilitating, producing and initially disseminating the Omran Daqneesh imagery, to explore how – in contrast to the seemingly straightforward communication offered by visual icons – they are in effect the result of an intricate interplay between these actors, which in different ways and for different reasons contribute to spreading the images and determining their significance and meaning.
AB - This article studies the virality and assigned iconicity of visual icons by examining the roles and interplays between photographers and other media actors contributing to early phases of making and sharing the Omran Daqneesh images from Aleppo, 2016. We draw on theoretical frameworks concerning the mobilization of iconic imagery in today’s digitalized and globalized media landscape as well the interpretive continuum of documentary evidence and emotional appeal typically applied to iconic imagery of children. Empirically, we take our point of departure in interviews with photographers, NGO workers, editors and journalists involved in facilitating, producing and initially disseminating the Omran Daqneesh imagery, to explore how – in contrast to the seemingly straightforward communication offered by visual icons – they are in effect the result of an intricate interplay between these actors, which in different ways and for different reasons contribute to spreading the images and determining their significance and meaning.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Syrian War
KW - photojournalism
KW - visual icon
KW - Conflict reporting
U2 - 10.1177/17427665211021617
DO - 10.1177/17427665211021617
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 261
EP - 277
JO - Global Media and Communication
JF - Global Media and Communication
SN - 1742-7665
IS - 2
ER -
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