T.J. Thomson – författare

Representing the first collection of its kind, The Routledge Companion to Visual Journalism introduces fundamental topics and ideas, delineates the diversity and complexity of this growing field, and creates a foundation for future scholarship and study.In the contemporary digital media landscape, still and moving images, interactive visualizations and virtual reality are increasingly important to attract attention, cultivate engagement, inform and influence opinions, and provide a more emotive and immediate viewing experience for news audiences. This Companion draws together leading voices from academia and industry to survey this dynamic and ubiquitous mode and inspire dialogue. Along with an introduction and conclusion, the volume is structured in five sections and covers people and identities; practices and processes; technologies, equipment, and forms; theories, concepts, and values; and audience interpretation and impact. Beginning by looking at the history of visual news, chapters go on to explore how visual news is created; how journalists visually represent gender, race, sexuality, (dis)ability, "elites," and ordinary citizens; key ethical ideas and theories behind the creation of visual news; and how visual news is processed, drawing in research from eye-tracking, media psychology, and media literacy. The book ends with a critical look at the future of the field.The Routledge Companion to Visual Journalism is a recommended resource for all advanced students and researchers of visual journalism and communication and will also be of interest to practitioners in these fields.

With an international overview of how local visual news is made, sourced, edited, and published across geographical areas, this book explores how audiences respond to the visual news that is locally available.In order to listen to audiences, the book uses a rich mix of methods including photo-ranking exercises, digital diary studies, photo voice studies, and interviews with journalists and more than 100 community members. The book adopts the focus on visual news as audience behaviours and expectations are shifting as journalists struggle to maintain trust and loyalty. Additionally, it responds to the importance of visuals in attracting attention, helping people navigate information landscapes, and providing more emotional connections with the people and places represented in journalistic storytelling. By paying attention to audience feedback and seeing communities through their eyes, this book offers a path for bringing journalists and audiences closer together and to improving journalistic quality as a result.Everyday Visual News serves as a valuable reference and starting point for advanced students and researchers of local and visual journalism and news audiences.