Enduring image : capturing defining moments in crises

• Main Authors: Ho, Benjamin, Pang, Augustine, AuYong, Grace Xiao-Pei, Lau, Liang-Tong
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103982; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19378
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In today's media environment, crises are magnified as media events and are rich sites for the inception of images. Particular images, like a photograph or a sound bite are found to endure as representations of defining moments of crises. This study seeks to examine the concept of an enduring im...