Photograuve and Multimedia: Working together and against each other
Jannah Esa
History Of Photojournalism
History Of Photojournalism
Photograuve and Multimedia: Working together and against each other
Technology is like magic, and everyday the world creates new magic tricks, Aka, advancements in technology. As we move forward in our advancements, photography, printing and sharing images becomes easier. As Professor John Nordell states in his video Working in the Digital Age Part 1, as digital cameras and images became easier produced, the birth and rise of the internet was also happening, in which made online digital images a huge possibility. Multimedia is basically photojournalism online, where photojournalist can tell stories online. Before multimedia there has been many advancements leading up to it, such as photogravure, which is printing technology which allows photos to be reproduced in newspapers and magazines.
Multimedia or online newspapers are the source of news and the stories photojournalistic images capture. With the advancement of digital camera’s came the advancement of sharing photos online. In his video Working in the Digital Age Part 2 John Nordell states that the advancement of digital images had a huge impact not only on a photojournalistic level but the media in general. Many newspapers no longer print, and are only online. Multimedia is not just a way of sharing stories, history and general information, but is also a lifestyle. Media is everything to people in today’s society. Collin Meek in his article The Online Journalism Timeline states “In just one decade online journalism has become central to peoples' lives and as a result, some have abandoned print news altogether.” Multimedia has eliminated print newspapers and magazines, to the point where many people in this generation has never seen or read a newspaper.
Photogravure is what allowed photojournalism to come alive. The printing of photo’s let photojournalist share photos and tell stories with many people, just like multimedia. In my previous blog post, Photogravure, stated that Photogravure had a huge impact on showing the world photos. The invention of this more sophisticated printing technology (photogravure) in the 1870's, allowed photographic images be reproduced in newspapers and magazines. This period also marked the rise of the advertising industry and the rise of photojournalism. I like to think that photogravure was the initial start of mass communication that multimedia provides now. Multimedia was able to take the photogravure process that initiated communication from being in print and bringing it to online media. In his video, Before There Were Pixels part 1, Professor John Nordell states that there was a time when there was no technology available to publish photographs in newspapers. With Today’s technology, this is extremely hard to imagine. This is an improvement in mass communication where images can connect millions of people quicker and more efficient than the images printed in newspapers.
On the other hand, multimedia has become so large that anybody with a camera can be a photojournalist. Since, it is so much easier to take photojournalist images, the photojournalism industry has a declining skill set, as said in John Nordell’s video Working in the Digital Age Part 2. In the same video, he talks about how photojournalism is dying. It's so much easier to take photos it is tougher for photojournalism to stay alive. Newspapers have gone out of business, and circulations have gone down because newspapers like NewsWeek has stop printing and will only be online. Many photojournalists have been laid off and fired as a result of multimedia. Even though, multimedia and/or online newspapers are an improvement of mass communication, it essentially is ending the reason why the world created mass communication in the first places, aka photojournalism. It is strange to think that photogravure, a huge advancement in photographic history is what started photojournalism, and that the biggest newest advancement is killing it.
Multimedia or online newspapers are the source of news and the stories photojournalistic images capture. With the advancement of digital camera’s came the advancement of sharing photos online. In his video Working in the Digital Age Part 2 John Nordell states that the advancement of digital images had a huge impact not only on a photojournalistic level but the media in general. Many newspapers no longer print, and are only online. Multimedia is not just a way of sharing stories, history and general information, but is also a lifestyle. Media is everything to people in today’s society. Collin Meek in his article The Online Journalism Timeline states “In just one decade online journalism has become central to peoples' lives and as a result, some have abandoned print news altogether.” Multimedia has eliminated print newspapers and magazines, to the point where many people in this generation has never seen or read a newspaper.
Photogravure is what allowed photojournalism to come alive. The printing of photo’s let photojournalist share photos and tell stories with many people, just like multimedia. In my previous blog post, Photogravure, stated that Photogravure had a huge impact on showing the world photos. The invention of this more sophisticated printing technology (photogravure) in the 1870's, allowed photographic images be reproduced in newspapers and magazines. This period also marked the rise of the advertising industry and the rise of photojournalism. I like to think that photogravure was the initial start of mass communication that multimedia provides now. Multimedia was able to take the photogravure process that initiated communication from being in print and bringing it to online media. In his video, Before There Were Pixels part 1, Professor John Nordell states that there was a time when there was no technology available to publish photographs in newspapers. With Today’s technology, this is extremely hard to imagine. This is an improvement in mass communication where images can connect millions of people quicker and more efficient than the images printed in newspapers.
On the other hand, multimedia has become so large that anybody with a camera can be a photojournalist. Since, it is so much easier to take photojournalist images, the photojournalism industry has a declining skill set, as said in John Nordell’s video Working in the Digital Age Part 2. In the same video, he talks about how photojournalism is dying. It's so much easier to take photos it is tougher for photojournalism to stay alive. Newspapers have gone out of business, and circulations have gone down because newspapers like NewsWeek has stop printing and will only be online. Many photojournalists have been laid off and fired as a result of multimedia. Even though, multimedia and/or online newspapers are an improvement of mass communication, it essentially is ending the reason why the world created mass communication in the first places, aka photojournalism. It is strange to think that photogravure, a huge advancement in photographic history is what started photojournalism, and that the biggest newest advancement is killing it.
Photogravure 
Multimedia Image
Photo By: Micheal Kors
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Multimedia Image
Photo By: Micheal Kors
Image Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lupita-nyongo-joins-michael-kors-to-watch-hunger-stop-300928386.html
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