Understanding the Message of Written Press News
Understanding the Message of Written Press News
Author(s): Sorana Lucia AdamSubject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Media studies, Communication studies
Published by: UNIVERSITATEA »ȘTEFAN CEL MARE« SUCEAVA
Keywords: news; reader; message; text; image;
Summary/Abstract: The press of the 20th and 21st century has been dominated byphotography, as it has managed to transform the reader from a passivereceiver of information into an eye-witness. Photography has beentherefore considered a “universal language”, “a message without a code”(Roland Barthes), capable of facing the ever higher challenges of aglobalized world. Nevertheless, it has been proven that the final messageis never only a visual one, but a blending of both the visual and thelinguistic message accompanying all press photographs.
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 198-203
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
