How Has Technology Changed the Landscape for News Culture?

Although multiple mediums interrupted the progress of old journalistic technology, none of done it to the extent photography has. From carving images by using engravings, to clicking a button on an iPhone, innovations within photography has interrupted itself, as these changes improved the news culture experience. This slideshow illustrates the changes in photograph technology and how it has effected journalists, news consumers, and the world. The timeline can be accessed by clicking this link.

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In conclusion, history shows the positive relationship between technology and photojournalism. Through improvements in photo quality and camera size, photojournalism became a reality for professional journalists, as well as citizen journalists, and continues to grow today. While the newest technologies are still being tested and perfected, technological changes will always be a constant factor in news production.

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Lange, Dorothea. Migrant Mother. 1936. PBS. Web. 3 May 2017. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/stories/articles/2014/4/14/migrant-mother-dorothea-lange/>.

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