Photojournalism A Social Semiotic Approach 1st Edition by Helen Caple ISBN 0230301009 9780230301009

1. Introducing the Multisemiotic News Story

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Why Study Photojournalism?
• 1.3 How Has Photojournalism Been Studied?
• 1.4 How Can We Study Photojournalism?
• 1.5 Data Collection
• 1.6 Structure of the Book
• 1.7 The Aim of This Book

2. News Values and the Multisemiotic News Story

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Exploring News Values
• 2.3 News Values and Press Photography
• 2.4 A Discursive Approach to News Values
• 2.5 The Discursive Construal of News Values in Images
• 2.6 Conclusion

3. The Multiple Functionality of News Images

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 System Networks and Metafunction
• 3.3 A Metafunctional Approach to Image Analysis
• 3.4 Conclusion

4. Composition and Aesthetic Value in Press Photography

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Composition as a Balancing Act
• 4.3 The Balance Network
• 4.4 Compositional Meanings in Image-Nuclear News Stories
• 4.5 Enhancing Aesthetic Appeal
• 4.6 Exceptions to the Rule
• 4.7 Conclusion

5. Text–Image Relations in News Discourse: Part 1 – Image as Nucleus

• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Functional Structure of the Hard News Story
• 5.3 Functional Structure of the Multisemiotic News Story
• 5.4 Conclusion

6. Text–Image Relations in News Discourse: Part 2 – Image as Satellite

• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Analyzing Intersemiotic Relations
• 6.3 ‘Iraqi Insurgents’: A Case Study in Text–Image Relations
• 6.4 Conclusion

7. Text–Image Relations in News Discourse: Part 3 – Sequences of Images

• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Approaches to the Analysis of Sequences of Images
• 7.3 Online News Galleries and Cohesion
• 7.4 Conclusion

8. Evolving Practices

• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 The Aims and Objectives of This Book
• 8.3 The Evolving Mediascape
• 8.4 The Future of News(papers)