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Building boundaries: a case study of the use of news photographs and cultural narratives in the coverage of local crime and in the creation of urban space

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>2011
<mark>Journal</mark>Visual Communication Quarterly
Issue number3
Volume18
Number of pages15
Pages (from-to)140-154
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date7/09/11
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

This case study of two Iowa cities argues that news images hold cultural representations that can easily be defined within dominant society and the news institution itself. News narratives, the telling of a common story to help readers and journalists alike understand a current news event, have traditionally been identified within the words of news texts. This paper furthers the understanding of news narratives by looking through the lens of an event framed by news images.