This image of Neda will stick in my head forever. I can’t believe this image produced from such a small technical gadget was mass reproduced to the rest of the world. Cyberspace has transformed Neda into a symbol of Iranian protest movement. It is crazy to think that youtube, twitter, and facebook have such power. I think the biggest problem is how this form of journalism challenges the realms of state. These vivid images were not altered or censored in any way. This use of media can definitely bring on political change.
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Yes political change is only one picture away. From that one photograph, distributed on the internet, you can sum up a groups ideals and rally behind a unified cause. It is hard to imagine trying to accomplish this before mass media was integrated in our daily lives.
ReplyDeleteit's funny how images stick in our heads far more easily than words. Often images come to define events in our memories. With budding technology it's far easier to provide these defining and iconic visuals and I wonder how that will change the way we think about them.
ReplyDeleteA video I have that comes to mind as a good example of such images is called Moment of Impact: Stories of Pulitzer Prize Photographs. It's a moving collection of stories about famous news photographs with comments by the photographers who took them. It's worth checking out if you have any interest in photojournalism!