Browsing by Subject "Photojournalism"
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Item The Arab street : a photographic exploration(2009-12) Cheney, Clifford Sidney; Darling, Dennis Carlyle; Reed, EllisJournalists use the term Arab Street to describe what they often imply is a volatile Arabic public opinion. This photo story travels through four Arab areas or Jordan, Qatar, Israel/Palestine and Egypt in order to show the diversity and complexity of each. The media’s tendency to lump all Arabs into one political block is detrimental to a true sense of cultural understanding that is required for peace.Item Finding myselfie : reflections on a changing visual language(2016-05) Keapproth, Lukas Kiel; DeCesare, Donna; Todd, RussellA search for the hashtag “selfies” on Instagram brings up over 16 million images uploaded in the last 24 hours. These millions of faces come in all shapes and sizes from all over the world. Each assumes that selfies are a universal visual language enabling direct communication with friends, family and an anonymous sea of internet users. Many social network users post their images to mark personal milestones or while traveling to some of earth’s most beautiful landmarks. What causes these selfie-takers to turn from the fascinating world around them, instead drawn toward a mirror and a focus on themselves? The general conversation of analyzing selfies tends toward polarized views, with many, if not most, viewing selfie-taking as a shallow exercise and a sign of narcissism. What is lacking in such conversations is a more complex understanding of how selfies are used and why they continue to impact daily communications in our increasingly networked world. This report features photos and interviews with selfie-takers at some of the busiest tourist destinations in the world, documenting their behavior and personal reflections on what selfies mean. These are considered along with media articles and some of the latest research from a variety of academic fields to complicate our understanding of this new and rapidly growing social phenomenon and mode of communication.Item Galloping through millennia : a multimedia examination of horses in the modern world(2011-05) Mathis, Sean Gregory; Darling, Dennis Carlyle; Dahlby, TracyThe horse has been an integral and ubiquitous element in the development of human civilization for centuries. However, in the last 150 years, its presence in and relevance to peoples’ daily routines has waned. What previous cultures used to comprehend and appreciate, modern technology-based routines have rendered nearly obsolete. Consequently, the perception of their legacy has been diminished, their nature misunderstood, and their virtues devalued. However, their immediate presence still affects humans on a visceral level. Through a combination of three multimedia pieces and a written essay, I attempt to reveal various ways in which horses provide man with more than a means of transportation. By examining officers in Austin Police Department’s Mounted Division, an experienced horse trainer, and a licensed therapist who employs horses in her practice, I hope to dispel various misconceptions and reveal the rewards of shared company, beyond the utilitarian functions. Ideally, both parties stand to benefit from a proactive effort on behalf of the viewer to explore and better understand the connective tissue that still binds our two species.Item Gwen's friendship house : building caring relationships between neighbors and replacing lost community(2010-05) Youngblood, Robert Curtis; Alves, Rosental C.; Darling, DennisCommunity Renewal International is a not profit group based in Shreveport, La. whose mission is to partnering with God and with each other to make our world a home where every child can grow up safe and loved. This report is the personal account from the photographer of a photojournalism project covering the organization. It includes the struggles of, stories from, and intention of the photographer.Item Lee Miller and Vogue In World War II(2023-05) Plaza, IsabellaThis thesis examines Lee Miller's role as Vogue's war correspondent during World War II (1939-1945). While Miller previously gained fame for her position as a Vogue model and surrealist muse to Man Ray, the war allowed her and many other women to gain new opportunities in different wartime roles. For Miller, the war offered the opportunity to embrace her abilities as a photojournalist and create uncanny stories for Vogue magazine. Her wartime photojournalism offers a perspective into several other transformations that occurred in this period. Through following her transformation from a model to a war correspondent, Miller's work in World War II provides insight into the transformations of Vogue, womanhood, and photojournalism during wartime.Item Photo editing, collaborating and the photojournalism process : a reflection(2018-05) Knowles, Shelby Alexandra; Darling, Dennis Carlyle; Reed, EllisThe photojournalistic process is a collaborative effort between photographers, editors and reporters. This report explores my process as a photographer and photo editor tasked with coordinating with reporters to create a journalistic story that represents written and visual work equally.Item Raising press photography to visual communication in American schools of journalism, with attention to the universities of Missouri and Texas, 1880's-1990's(2007-12) Paris, Sherre Lynne, 1949-; Burd, Gene; Colson, James B. (James Burton)This dissertation works toward a history of the ideals and work of teachers of photography for mass media in American schools of journalism, 1880's - 990's. The dissertation examines teachers' efforts to construct curriculum designed to elevate press photography from a trade to a profession and to achieve respect for photography in the field and academy. The dissertation, using history research methods and ethnographic oral histories, contextualizes these efforts within the environment in which they were exercised: that of print journalism practitioners and teachers. The dissertation, exploring the development of photojournalism programs within the journalism programs at the Universities of Missouri and Texas, examines photography teachers' endeavors to integrate a mechanically based practice with the social science emphasis commensurate to a course of study within schools of journalism and liberal arts universities and balance these endeavors with industry expectations of professional schools. The dissertation reveals that photography teachers in journalism programs, although they struggled for legitimacy in ways similar to those of their print journalism predecessors, labored against a more enduring stigma, rooted in the early relationship of press photography to print journalism, of photography as a mechanically based, lesser intellectual endeavor. Although this stigma concerning photography was to some extent overcome through the efforts of teachers at Missouri and Texas, the dissertation concludes that issues of legitimacy for both print and visual journalism will likely continue for teachers in professional schools within the liberal arts university. Teachers will face the challenges of determining curriculum that is sufficiently malleable and relevant to contemporary industry requirements and that also provides the integration of journalism, technology and social science necessary for the education of print and visual journalists who desire to be, more than tradespeople, critically thinking citizens of a democratic society.Item Regents football : this is war(2012-12) Neill, Cooper Hampton; Darling, Dennis Carlyle; Garrison, AndyAfter winning the TAPPS Division III State Championship in 2010, the Regents School of Austin Knights set out to defend their title as the top high school football team in their division. After losing their star players from the year before, dealing with injuries and personal struggles throughout the season the Knights responded and made it to the state title game only to lose to Bullard Brook Hill.Item Sex education : the Texas debate(2010-05) Hair, Jennifer Rollins; Darling, Dennis Carlyle; Alves, RosentalThis report addresses issues surrounding the current Texas system in place for sex education in public schools, looking at the particular challenges that the state of Texas faces and the contemporary school courses that are being offered to teens. The project takes into consideration the relevant statistics, current local sentiment in the Austin area concerning sex education, and the discussion over who bears the responsibility for education successive generations about sexuality. Finally, this report evaluates various shortcomings of the current system, and suggests various redefined approaches to sexuality education that seek to solve the problems at hand.Item The business of medical marijuana : a photo essay, Santa Cruz, CA(2011-05) Mueller, Larissa Nicole; Darling, Dennis Carlyle; Garrison, AndrewThis report is a photo essay exploring the businesses, nonprofits, collectives, and consumer flow of medical marijuana in Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz is home to the first nonprofit medical marijuana collective in the United States, the Wo/Manís Alliance for Medical Marijuana. Though medical marijuana is illegal under federal law, President Barack Obama gave leeway to individual states and counties in 2009 to legislate the issue. Medical marijuana is decriminalized in Santa Cruz, which has given rise to a variety of businesses involved in the production and distribution of cannabis: collectives, dispensaries, cannabis testing facilities, and nonprofits. This photo essay visits a spectrum of these businesses to provide insight and visual exploration of the face of decriminalized medical cannabis in Santa Cruz County today.Item A visual-verbal agenda : the interaction of news stories and photographs on second-level agenda setting(2014-05) Yaschur, Carolyn J.; Coleman, RenitaThis research explores the second-level agenda-setting effects of news photographs and news stories, separately and when presented together. The tone of photos and stories each independently influence public opinion on an affective level. Negative stories and photographs elicited negative opinions and emotions about the issue presented, while positive responses resulted from positive stories and photographs. When congruently toned stories and photos were presented together their affective agenda-setting effects were amplified. Positive stories paired with positive photos created stronger positive affect than negative stories and photos, which precipitated a strong negative response. However, because of the negativity bias, no significant differences were found between negative stories paired with negative photos and negative stories with positive photos. Audiences felt negative, regardless of the valence of the photo. When stories and photos were of incongruent tone, the audience's opinion about the issue followed the tone of the story. Findings from this study also confirmed that need for orientation was not a component of second-level agenda setting. However, a relationship was established between need for orientation and elaboration. Those with high need for orientation were more likely to process the information deeply than those with low need for orientation, thereby drawing ties between agenda-setting theory and the Elaboration Likelihood Model.Item Whole wild creation : an examination of the Mardi Gras Indian culture of New Orleans(2010-05) Reno, Linda A., 1981-; Darling, Dennis Carlyle; Reed, EllisThe Mardi Gras Indian culture of New Orleans, Louisiana is a unique tradition that blends African spirituality, Caribbean spirituality, African music and dance, with Native American style dress. The Mardi Gras Indians engage in ritual battle and ancestor worship as a part of their tradition of using cultural expression as a means for social protest. While many tourists to the Crescent City may have the opportunity to witness the Indians in full dress, even few native New Orleanians ever learn the depth of the phenomenon.