The Abu Ghraib torture photographs: News frames, visual culture, and the power of images

Journalism

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-30

  Andén Papadopoulos, Kari ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Journalism Media and Communication ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Iraq war; News frames; Photojournalism; Public memory; War photography

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149101415     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884907084337     Document Type: Article

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