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Följ pengarna : en multimodal analys av stockbilder på DN:s ekonomisidor

Fälth, Anna LU and Lundström, Maria Jenny Isabella LU (2024) JOUK10 20232
Journalism
Abstract
The editorial usage of stock images solves publishing challenges of illustrating news that are not connected to specific events. At the same time it contributes to an increasing vagueness and detachment between image content and the news story. This paper analyses the use of stock images in news journalism covering finance and the economy, specifically in the financial section of the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter. Stock images are analysed from a multimodal perspective, with a basis in semiotics, and by discussing them in relation to news value, credibility and publicational conditions. In our study we find that new types of images have become established in financial journalism, openly displaying their deviation from traditional,... (More)
The editorial usage of stock images solves publishing challenges of illustrating news that are not connected to specific events. At the same time it contributes to an increasing vagueness and detachment between image content and the news story. This paper analyses the use of stock images in news journalism covering finance and the economy, specifically in the financial section of the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter. Stock images are analysed from a multimodal perspective, with a basis in semiotics, and by discussing them in relation to news value, credibility and publicational conditions. In our study we find that new types of images have become established in financial journalism, openly displaying their deviation from traditional, realistic images in terms of both image content and stylistic choices. In this way, the images shift what in a multimodal analysis is referred to as their ‘orientation of interpretation’ (kodningsorientering), moving away from the photojournalistic norm of naturalism. This study shows how the use of stock,
or stereotypical, images is strongly connected to conditions of media production, such as the demands of online publishing, the dominance of news agencies and a division of newsroom resources based on the perceived news value of a story.
By connecting the increased reliance on stock images to a shift in visual communication and cues, this paper shows that the use of stock images also challenges the visual norms of news media, and simultaneously risks undermining the credibility of both photojournalism in particular and journalism in general. (Less)
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author
Fälth, Anna LU and Lundström, Maria Jenny Isabella LU
supervisor
organization
course
JOUK10 20232
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
stockfotografi, stockbilder, ekonomijournalistik, bildbyråer, trovärdighet, nyhetsvärdering, semiotik.
language
Swedish
id
9146259
date added to LUP
2024-01-23 10:21:37
date last changed
2024-01-23 10:21:37
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  abstract     = {{The editorial usage of stock images solves publishing challenges of illustrating news that are not connected to specific events. At the same time it contributes to an increasing vagueness and detachment between image content and the news story. This paper analyses the use of stock images in news journalism covering finance and the economy, specifically in the financial section of the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter. Stock images are analysed from a multimodal perspective, with a basis in semiotics, and by discussing them in relation to news value, credibility and publicational conditions. In our study we find that new types of images have become established in financial journalism, openly displaying their deviation from traditional, realistic images in terms of both image content and stylistic choices. In this way, the images shift what in a multimodal analysis is referred to as their ‘orientation of interpretation’ (kodningsorientering), moving away from the photojournalistic norm of naturalism. This study shows how the use of stock,
or stereotypical, images is strongly connected to conditions of media production, such as the demands of online publishing, the dominance of news agencies and a division of newsroom resources based on the perceived news value of a story.
By connecting the increased reliance on stock images to a shift in visual communication and cues, this paper shows that the use of stock images also challenges the visual norms of news media, and simultaneously risks undermining the credibility of both photojournalism in particular and journalism in general.}},
  author       = {{Fälth, Anna and Lundström, Maria Jenny Isabella}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Följ pengarna : en multimodal analys av stockbilder på DN:s ekonomisidor}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}