Fotografia jako wypowiedź dziennikarska – odmiany gatunkowe
Photography as a statement of journalism – variety of genres

Summary/Abstract: The article describes photography as one of the genres of journalistic statements. Scientific objective: To build the theory of press photography as a journalistic statement. An integral part of the concept is the distinction of species varieties of photographic journalistic statements. An intermediate goal is to propose a taxonomy of genres of press photography based on the criterion of the purpose and function of the image, the place and manner of publication, the topic and the criteria of workshop and species. Research methods: Media content analysis. Results and conclusion: The classifi cation of photographic species varieties with a comparison of the image function and the headline function of the press material, part of which is a photograph, is proposed. Cognitive value: The proposed typology can be one of the media tools for analysing journalistic photographic contents.

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