TY - JOUR
T1 - What Katrina revealed
T2 - A visual analysis of the hurricane coverage by news wires and U.S. newspapers
AU - Fahmy, Shahira
AU - Kelly, James D.
AU - Kim, Yung Soo
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Results of a comparative visual analysis of front-page photographs in U.S. newspapers and photographs distributed by the Associated Press and Reuters wire services revealed that gatekeeping decisions played an influential role in the coverage of Hurricane Katrina in the late summer of 2005. Front-page photographs differed significantly from photographs provided by news wires. Overall, our analyses challenge the notion that decisions made by wire services dictate the visual coverage of a news event and suggest that gatekeeping selections and use of available information are key factors in visual framing.
AB - Results of a comparative visual analysis of front-page photographs in U.S. newspapers and photographs distributed by the Associated Press and Reuters wire services revealed that gatekeeping decisions played an influential role in the coverage of Hurricane Katrina in the late summer of 2005. Front-page photographs differed significantly from photographs provided by news wires. Overall, our analyses challenge the notion that decisions made by wire services dictate the visual coverage of a news event and suggest that gatekeeping selections and use of available information are key factors in visual framing.
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U2 - 10.1177/107769900708400309
DO - 10.1177/107769900708400309
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38549160597
SN - 1077-6990
VL - 84
SP - 546
EP - 561
JO - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -