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The People in the Pictures: Vital Perspectives on Save the Children’s Image Making. A Research Project to Understand How Contributors and Their Communities Experience and Perceive Save the Children’s Communications and its Image-Making Process
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Save the Children (2017), xi, 81 pp.
"Debates about the visual representations of global poverty have been going on for many years, yet the experiences and views of those featured have been notably absent. 'The People in the Pictures' addresses that gap. Save the Children commissioned research in the UK, Jordan, Bangladesh and Niger, t
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Ethics and Visual Research Methods: Theory, Methodology, and Practice
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xxi, 266 pp.
"This edited collection provides a comprehensive overview of ethical issues associated with visual research methods. Considering the work of researchers across a range of disciplines using visual methods in research, it offers practical and thoughtful discussions of emerging methodological and ethic
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Guidance Note on Use of Victims' Images
Key Guidance
Liberty Asia (2016), 25 pp.
"This Guidance Note is provided by Liberty Asia to NGOs across the Asia region as a suggested statement of best practice and guidance in relation to obtaining and using images of victims of human trafficking, slavery and forced labour. In addition to the Guidance Note, Liberty Asia has also provided
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The Practicalities of Informed Consent in Development Photography
Dhaka: Save the Children (2015), 16 pp.
"Every photography subject deserves to be treated as an autonomous human being, capable of making independent decisions. In case of children, we also need to ensure their parents’ consent. We need to be constantly aware of our position in the power hierarchy — in the development world, in many c
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"A Horrific Photo of a Drowned Syrian Child": Humanitarian Photography and NGO Media Strategies in Historical Perspective
International Review of the Red Cross, volume 97, issue 900 (2015), pp. 1121-1155
"This article is a historical examination of the use of photography in the informational and fundraising strategies of humanitarian organizations. Drawing on archival research and recent scholarship, it shows that the figure of the dead or suffering child has been a centrepiece of humanitarian campa
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"Wegsehen darf man nicht - aber auch nicht alles zeigen": Bildethik aus Sicht des katholischen Hilfswerks Adveniat. Ein Gespräch mit Nicola von Bonn
Communicatio Socialis, volume 47, issue 4 (2014), pp. 438-447
"Natürlich ist Grundlage unserer Arbeit auch der Pressekodex. Darüber hinaus haben wir überlegt, was ist das Besondere von uns als katholisches Lateinamerika-Hilfswerk, als „Adveniat“. Wie spielt das mit rein in unsere Bildethik, unsere Ethik in der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, die Ethik unserer B
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The Integrity of the Image: Current Practices and Accepted Standards Relating to the Manipulation of Still Images in Photojournalism and Documentaty Photography
World Press Photo Academy (2014), 20 pp.
"The research is based on a survey of 45 industry professionals from 15 countries [...] The principal finding is that there is a de facto global consensus on how media organizations understand the manipulation ofimages. Manipulation is seen as involving material changes to an image through the addit
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Wer erzählt? Fotografie und Macht
iz3w, issue 343 (2014), pp. 16-40
"Im Kontext einer nord-süd-politisch relevanten Information interessiert besonders die Frage der Repräsentation, der Klischeebildung, der Ermächtigung. Ein Foto kann empathisch aufmerksam machen oder zur Schau stellen, aber auch Nähe erzeugen, berühren. Nicht immer folgt auf eine gute Absicht e
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The Use of Stereotypical Images of Africa in Fundraising Campaigns
European Scientific Journal, volume 9, issue 11 (2013), pp. 20-31
"This article critically examines Unicef’s campaign in Slovenia, aimed at helping children in Ruanda, which caused huge public support in terms of the raised finances and visibility, but it also provoked a serious opposition from African people living in Slovenia and some academics. The article in
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Visualizers of Solidarity: Organizational Politics in Humanitarian and International Development NGOs
Visual Communication, volume 12, issue 3 (2013), pp. 295-314
"Discussion of the visual politics of solidarity, in relation specifically to the representation of suffering and development, has been grounded in analysis of images. This paper seeks to expand this debate by exploring the organizational politics that shape and are shaped by these images. The paper
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Picturing Atrocity: Photography in Crisis
London: Reaktion Books (2012), 319 pp.
"From the massacre of the Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee to the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, from famine in China to apartheid in South Africa, Picturing Atrocity examines a broad spectrum of photographs. Each of the essays focuses specifically on an iconic image, offering a distinct approach
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Human Rights and Media
Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2011), xiv, 223 pp.
Representations of the Third World in NGO Advertising: Practicalities, Colonial Discourse and Western Understandings of Development
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 3, issue 2 (2011), pp. 25-41
"This article examines the many factors influencing NGO advertisements and their visual representations of the Third World. Focusing on two specific advertisements, this work explores the influence of practical constraints and specific marketing techniques. Applying the work of Edward Said and Homi
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Handbook of Visual Communication: Theory, Methods, and Media
New York; London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2005), xxiii, 493 pp.
"The second edition of this already-classic text has been completely revised to reflect the metamorphosis of communication in the last 15 years and the ubiquity of visual communication in our modern mediated lifestyle. 13 major theories of communication are defined by the top experts in their fields
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Journalism Ethics in Africa
Nairobi: African Council for Communication Education (ACCE) (1994), xxi, 193 pp.
"Journalism was imported into Africa from the West. However, this does not mean that the ethical principles on which African journalism is based should be similarly imported. In this collection, numerous mass communication specialists outline the ethical problems and solutions in the arena of Africa
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Neue Medien - mehr Verantwortung! Analysen und pädagogische Handreichungen zur ethischen Medienerziehung in Schule und Jugendarbeit
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (1992), 319 pp.
