Social function of news photography

Social function photography of news photography refers to the process of recording images with cameras, while news photography spreads the contents recorded in images as news information. News photography plays a very important role in people's social life. Events in life often inspire news photographers. Through their own cognitive perception of events, news photographers choose a unique perspective, capture the instantaneous images that are happening with rich photographic language, and spread the most authentic news scene to the public through pictures.

News communication function

1. The main features of news photography communication.

In the traditional sense, the spread of news photography has two main characteristics, namely, intuitive visualization and instantaneous visualization. Intuitive visualization is reflected in the fact that news photography can convey the scene of news events to the public in the form of pictures, which has strong visual appeal. Combined with the text, the public can understand the situation of the incident more intuitively and leave a deep impression. According to an authoritative survey, people pay about four times as much attention to picture information as to text information. The instantaneous image characteristics of news photography are particularly prominent in sports news photography. In 2008, the judo player photographed by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Xiaoling was injured in the Olympic Games and won the first prize of the 52nd "Netherlands" sports special news. He captured the moment when judo athletes leaned over and splashed on the mat after being injured in the competition, showing the contribution behind the athletes' brilliance. 2. The timeliness of news photography communication.

With the rapid development of digital information technology and the arrival of the new media era, in addition to the traditional intuitive image and instantaneous image, the timeliness of news communication is becoming more and more important. Among them, "new media" is a media form that appears under the new technical support system, and it has attracted people's attention because its timeliness is greatly enhanced compared with traditional media. New media mainly include digital newspapers, digital broadcasting, mobile TV, Internet and so on. Compared with newspapers, outdoor, radio and television, new media is vividly called "the fifth media". [ 1]

The new media era is relative to the traditional media. As one of the most important news and photo communication platforms in the new media era, the word "Weibo" has to be mentioned here. Weibo has become a way of life for modern people. The appearance of Weibo has brought news photo communication into a new era, which can be said to be a milestone.