Karin E. Becker
Photojournalism and the tabloid press

• Despite the presence in daily and weekly press in the past century, photography is rarely admitted to settings in which journalism is discussed, investigated and taught.
• Photographs are used as criteria for evaluating, and ultimately dismissing, tabloid newspapers as ‘merely’ popular.
• History of photography and the tabloid press began with three distinct types of publications: first the elite periodical press with its established tradition of illustration; then in the tabloid press with more popular appeal; and almost simultaneously, in weekly supplements to the daily press.
• The idea that a picture of an actual event could be treated as news by creditable institutions is contradictory because photography was constructed as a purely visual medium, therefore is bypasses the intellectual processes that journalism will address and cultivate. Photography is more immediate, direct appeal is seen as a......

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Title: Photodocumentary
Approximate Word Count: 1644
Approximate Pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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