Activity 3
As editors exercise their ever-increasing power over information control, what limits would you impose on them as to the extent to which they can manipulate the photographic image?
Devise a series of guidelines that will control the release of images that have been constructed for media use so that the public is aware as to the extent of the manipulation.
| Doctored Image of President Hosni Mubarak at Mideast peace talks! |
| Un-doctored Photo |
1. The image should look similar and not drastically different from the original
2. Physical appearance of a person should look similar to original
3. Pictures should not be changed drastically for hateful purposes
4. If changed, there needs to be notice of the change to the public wherever published
As editors exercise their ever-increasing power over information control, I would limit them so that they could not display altered information without telling the public that the image is altered. They should only be able to distribute altered images if the people who are going to receive the image are aware that the image has been altered in some way, but encourage them to keep the photo as real as possible. This will help avoid misinformation in the media and display things as they truly happened.
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