Apr 4, 2011 15:55
13 yrs ago
English term
fauxtography
GBK
English to Lithuanian
Social Sciences
Journalism
Definition from
Wordnik:
(Internet) Misleading presentation of images for propagandistic or otherwise ulterior purposes, involving staging, deceptive modification, and/or the addition or omission of significant context.
Example sentences:
Snapped Shot speculates that the evidence suggests Shana may have been killed instead by recoil from an anti-tank weapon – ie, a friendly fire killing by Hamas -- and the car was set on fire to destroy the evidence of what had really happened. Is this yet another full-blown media 'fauxtography' scandal -- with Reuters once again in the manipulated frame? (Spectator.co.uk)
Times Public Editor Calame ignores the impact of "fauxtography," including this Times photo of a dead man, later seen walking around (Blog camera)
10 examples of Fauxtography that you should examine so that you realise that pictures do lie. (Not a sheep)
Change log
Apr 4, 2011 15:44: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Apr 4, 2011 15:55: changed "Stage" from "Preparation" to "Submission"
Apr 7, 2011 16:55: changed "Stage" from "Submission" to "Selection"
Apr 20, 2011 16:54:
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