Some people think visual images, such as photographs and videos, can most accurately inform people about a news story. Others believe they are not reliable sources of information. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
With the advent of new media technologies,
such
as cameras, news
organisations today can utilise visual content
in their TV channels or internet resources. Although
it is commonly believed that this
development effectively guarantees the accuracy of the material being delivered, I do not think that the addition of videos and images helps to avoid the distortion of the reality of the news
.
Media content
certainly adds extra points to the validity and, more importantly, to the transparency of the message being delivered to an audience. Unlike the traditional means of broadcasting news
, using text and voice, they allow receiving information by a whole another sensory property, which is vision. Thus
, the audience develops more trust in news
organisations showing footage about the discussed topic. However
, there are some downsides to exploiting visual content
, which reduce their reliability.
Similar to text and voice, visual content
can also
be edited. Nowadays, there are a wide array of options for how images and videos can be modified and still maintain their original appearance. For example
, desktop applications such
as Photoshop or Adobe After Effects could be easily employed in editing some parts of a video or a photo. Furthermore
, even when not edited, visual materials can still be used to hide a piece of information. TV channels regularly present only the part of a story they feel is most relevant to their vision. For instance
, they may urge reporters to capture a pre-defined list of footage they will display on TV. As a result
, they effectively deliver news
from their angle without revealing a whole story to an audience.
In a nutshell, it is true that the developed means of broadcasting news
which use images and videos,
have contributed to the transparency of information delivery. Remove the comma
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However
, in my vision, as long as visual content
can be manipulated, people should not develop complete trust in news
companies utilising it.Submitted by jaker.raimov on
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