The Iconic Image in a Digital Age

This article investigates selected newspapers’ editorial mediations over contrasting perceptions regarding the significance of a controversial set of ‘iconic’ news photographs, namely images of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian refugee, whose drowned corpse washed ashore in September, 2015. Specif...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mortensen Mette, Allan Stuart, Peters Chris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-11-01
Series:Nordicom Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0415