Analyzing news frames in press photography, pplying rodriguez and dimitrova’s four-level framework

Tran Vu Thi Giang Lam and Lee, Kuok Tiung (2024) Analyzing news frames in press photography, pplying rodriguez and dimitrova’s four-level framework. International journal of law, government and communication (IJLGC), 9. pp. 326-340. ISSN 0128-1763

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Abstract

While framing theory has been widely used to analyze the textual aspects of media products, examining how issues or events are framed in standalone images or those accompanying text is less commonly explored. Rodriguez and Dimitrova suggested a four-level framework for identifying and analyzing visual frames that can be applied to study different types of visuals and mediums. The proposed framework considers the tangible components of images and the implicit meanings and cultural experiences that audiences bring to the analysis. This article aims to apply Rodriguez and Dimitrova's four levels of visual framing to analyze news frames in a press photograph about a typhoon, a domain of images with tremendous potential and challenges for scholars. The morality news frame was identified by a qualitative analysis of the examined photograph's denotative meaning, stylistic aspect, connotative meaning, and ideological aspect. This study further strengthens the significance and relevance of this visual framing analysis model in disaster framing. Conceptual consistency is reinforced and extended by revisiting and applying the proposed framework in previous research to examine images in different domains.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Cultural interpretation, Media analysis, News frames, Press images, Visual analysis, Visual framing
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1-6790 Literature (General) > PN4699-5650 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. > PN4775-4784 Technique. Practical journalism T Technology > TR Photography > TR1-1050 Photography > TR624-835 Applied photography Including artistic, commercial, medical photography, photocopying processes
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Depositing User:	DG MASNIAH AHMAD -
Date Deposited:	26 Aug 2025 16:05
Last Modified:	26 Aug 2025 16:05
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/45075

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