photography dicussion

Online Discussion #2: Photo imagery in election campaign Campaign photography has been around since the 1960s. The photographs presented to the public play a role (directly or indirectly) in the voter’s ultimate decision at the poll. The photographer or photojournalist’s role is to document the candidates’ messages as well as the candidates as individuals. Both still and video photography are used in political TV and print ads. Traditionally TV and print ads are highly valued in battle states and can close margins between candidates. This does not seem to be the case in the 2016 presidential election. I’d like you to take this concept one step further and consider social media in the mix. Consider the following prompts:

1. Did social media trump (pardon the pun) the place of traditional TV and print advertising in the 2016 election campaign?

2. Would social media still produce the same result/effect if there are no visual images attached?

Please post your response the above prompts follow by your own “my prompt”. As with the previous online discussion, the first student to jump on this discussion will post a response to the teacher’s “my prompt”. Each of you will post a response to the previous student’s “my prompt”. Please feel free to look up additional articles that relate to your perspective. Please post those link(s) within your response so the rest of us may check them out. http://www.businessinsider.com/presidential-election-photography-over-the-years-2016-9/#when- it-came-to-curating-images-for-this-show-carlson-and-the-team-cast-a-wide-net-2 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/2016-campaign-photographers-lens/ http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/17/presidental-elections-2016-new-york-times- photographers/?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/us/elections/presidential-campaign-in-pictures.html http://www.ap.org/Content/Press-Release/2016/100-years-of-presidential-campaign-photography https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/do-campaigns-really-change-voters- minds/2012/07/06/gJQAEljyRW_story.html?utm_term=.94a406bb9f2f http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/08/19/432759311/2016-campaign-tv-ad-spending http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/heres-how-social-media-will-impact-the-2016-presidential- election/634434