The Four Sites of a Critical Visual Methodology
What type of photography is known for capturing everyday life in an unplanned way?
Street photography
What theory argues that a creator’s intent determines an image’s meaning?
Auteur Theory
What is the term of process where audience, interpret, negotiate, reject the meanings of visual materials?
Audiencing
The goal of this type of photography is to show real-life problems and inspire change
Documentary Photography
This term describes how images are always understood in relation to other images?
Intersexuality
What is the goal for both street and documentary photography?
Both have a desire to picture life as it apparently is
This theory suggests that an image's meaning is not solely determined by the creator, but rather shaped by cultural context and audience interpretation
Audience Interpretation
What term represents the technology that are used to transmit messages?
Medium
What type of people were typically the subjects in documentary photography?
poor, oppressed or marginalized individuals
What is the other aspect of audience interpretation other than image?
Context
What economic system influences the way images are created and used in media and advertising?
Capitalism
What is the process of an image moving from one place to another, whether physically or digitally?
Circulation
Which element of image including color, framing, or perspective shapes audiences’ interpretation?
Compositional Audiencing
Street photography is associated with a certain type of _______ one that emphasizes toughness, instinct, and control
Masculinity
Who stated the most formal explanation of “audiencing”?
John Fiske
What are the 3 modalities that are used to help contribute to the understanding of an image?
Technical, Compositional, Social
Google, Facebook, and YouTube use ___ to determinate which images are prioritized, shaping how they are circulated based on factors like popularity, user interactions, and browsing history?
Algorithms
Out of the three modalities, which is the most important for understanding the audiencing of images?
Social Audiencing
While an author’s biography can offer historical context, this is not essential for understanding the meaning of an image. Instead, the role of these two factors is more significant.
Cultural Context
Robert Doisneau’s photography, the choice of this type of film helped shape the image’s meaning and its nostalgic feel, through what type of film
Black and White film
What are the 4 sites of a critical visual methodology
Production, The Image Itself, Circulation, Audiencing
Walter Benjamin argued that mass reproduction diminishes an artwork’s unique presence. What is this concept called?
Aura
What are the two aspects of social modality in audiencing?
Spectating & Social identities
The factor, often shaped by economic constraints or intended commercial use, influences how an image is composed and what it communicates, as seen in Doisneau’s work for magazines and advertising
Social and Economic
What form of work studies the effects of image when they are traded,sold,gifted?
Anthropology