Photography And Journalism: The Positive Effects Of Journalism

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Every picture and journalist has to have a background and why it is so meaningful or special for them to express it. That is what photographers and journalists do they try to capture the moment and try to express what is going on in the world and share what is going on in the moment. So why are journalists such as photographs a controversial to politics? Well there are two sides one Journalism could have a positive effect but it could also have a bad reputation for politics. So the argument is Journalism have an impact on politics some people would agree and some people wouldn’t. Some would argue that they are just reporters just like a messenger. To others journalism does have an effect for example the effects of journalism/ reporters …show more content…
Photographs capture the mind and emotions of humans and they either capture their attention or they don’t capture a person’s attention. In the Documentaries the second movie it shows how photographs could be heart felting. In the movie “Shouting” in the dark all those photographs have a meaning behind the photographs of journalist to takes those photos. Like those pictures means a lot how one person is being injured and they need help. According to that movie those picture had a political impact in it shows that the Birahian government went after their own people for betraying their government. There citizens wanted change in their government. The Journalists who were video recording and reporting those scenes shows how dangerous how some countries turn on their own people. Like those doctors and medics that were helping their own people they were attacked for even helping desperate lives. Even Photographs were more impactful. The photographs were used to detect whoever went behind their backs. They were eventually spotted in those photos and were eventually arrested under their government standings. That shows how photos in journalism could play a big role. It could have a bad reputation showing how some groups don’t like to joke around under their constitution. According to the book It’s What I Do, The author Aldario says that as a journalist she has to go out and capture the most important …show more content…
Without journalists we don’t know what is going all around the world. At the same time with less active journalism will have a negative impact also. The main goal is to have a positive impact on journalism because that is what revolves around everything with politics, but at the same time there could be negative impact but that’s how the way the world works. There might be two sides it could uncover secrets that others don’t know, it would reveal experiences of the real world but at the same time it will also reveal honesty of the journalists by itself, so other journalists could learn from their mistakes and grow so they want fall from any traps from their colleague’s actions. Then there also photo journalism where photographs could cause a change of perception in the mind of others. Journalism does have a strong effect and someday it will open the light of how effective it would

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