About to Die: How News Images Move the Public

by Barbie Zelizer

Book Overview

Due to its ability to freeze a moment in time, the photo is a uniquely powerful device for ordering and understanding the world. But when an image depicts complex, ambiguous, or controversial events--terrorist attacks, wars, political assassinations--its ability to influence perception can prove deeply unsettling. Are we really seeing the world "as it is" or is the image a fabrication or projection? How do a photo's content and form shape a viewer's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199752141
• ISBN13: 9780199752140
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"