Thursday, 6 December 2007

Photojormalims Ethics 1.3

1. Who made the decision to alter the sweater?
The night news editor made the decision.

2. How did they alter it?
They made the sweater longer to cover up the dark leotard she was wearing under.

3. Why does altering it break the rules in policies you read in 1.2?
The editor drasticly changed the photo by completly covering up the leotard, which was not covered in the original photo.

4. What is the difference between a real-life photo and an illustration?
An illusion changes the real situation while a real- photo has not been altured or has changed the photo so you think you see something that's not really there.

4. Is altering the photo ok in this case and why? (write 2-3 sentence justification for your answer.)
I think altering was ok because it doesn't change what the dancer was doing it was more of a moral decision for me that an ethics one.

5. How did they get caught?
They got because the photographer and the editor caught the switch when they opened the paper the next morning.

6. How did the paper change its policy as a result of this incident?
The paper now says that there will be "No digital manipulation of news photos under any circumstances."

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