Thursday, January 6, 2011

notes 1/6

  • illustrated daily news was the first news paper sold on the basis of pictueres+
    • used attention grabber picture just a regular news paper does
  • 1920=tabloid wars
  • new york graphic was the most graphic tabloid
    • had most sex in them
  • staged and fake photographs were used
  • people responded to photographs more than drawings, so advetisers started to use photos more
  • used photographs to minipulate the product, such as a lighter or toilett
  • photography created a media celebrity
  • babe ruth was the most photographed man on earth
  • people became "celebrity obsessed"
    • pictures created a connection between the average person and celebrities
  • photography was a recording of what a person sees rather than a persons interpretation of what they see

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