The Effect Of Graphics On The Print Media

The Effect Of Graphics On The Print Media

Abstract

The Osun Defender newspaper served as the case study for the study, which looked at the impact of graphics on print media. But it’s clear that pictures play a huge part in newspapers and the world of print media in general. Even the illiterate may understand the messages. Without photographs, a newspaper would merely look like a letter or textbook and would not be interesting to readers. Additionally, images focus readers’ attention to the most important stories and issues, particularly when they are published on the front page of a newspaper, where their placement also serves to determine what the public will be debating that day. In actuality, the most significant news of the day is always readily available to headline and photo scanners. Without using words, pictures can convey a message better than a thousand words. The researcher used both a questionnaire and the survey method for the purpose of this investigation.

Chapiter 1

One.0 Introduction

1.1 Study’s Background

At first glance, readers are drawn into graphics, especially images. If a picture is compelling enough, the reader will pause to look at it, read the caption, and if they are still interested, they will read the article’s title. If the article’s introduction is intriguing enough, the reader will continue reading. Finally, very few readers actually read an article, but practically all of the photographs are seen. When selling magazines, images are crucial. Actually, the images are used for magazine marketing.

Over the years, print media have faced competition and survival issues. Newspapers and periodicals frequently employ this fundamental strategy to convey their message. Newspapers and magazines frequently utilize photographs to deliver information and market goods and services. Nearly all human endeavors, including astronomy, medical diagnosis, and industrial quality control, use photography in practical ways. Invisible items that are too little, too far away, or events that happen too quickly for the naked sight to notice can now be seen thanks to photography. In places that are too dangerous for humans, a camera can be employed. Aesthetically pleasing works of art that investigate the human condition can also be created using photographs. Millions of individuals throughout the world enjoy photography as a pastime or as a lucrative profession.

The immediate and accessible nature of photography enables the audience to spend more time with images than text. Customers expect pictures with every narrative they read, but since pictures can convey a whole story, this might evoke powerful emotions.

In order to tell a news story, photojournalism uses photos in addition to the traditional methods of gathering, editing, and presenting news content for publication. Although the phrase is sometimes used to apply to video used in broadcast journalism, it is now generally understood to only refer to still photos. In contrast to other closely related branches of photography (such as documentary photography, social documentary photography, street photography, or celebrity photography), photojournalism is distinguished by adhering to a strict code of ethics that requires the work to be both impartial and honest while telling the story strictly in journalistic terms. Photographs produced by photojournalists are used by the news media.

• Timeliness – The pictures make sense in light of a recently released account of the events.

• Objectivity — Both in terms of substance and tone, the situation represented by the photos is a fair and true reflection of the events they portray.

• Narrative — By combining photos with other news pieces, narrative helps viewers or readers understand the facts on a cultural level.

A photojournalist is a reporter, just like a writer, but he or she must frequently make snap decisions and carry photography equipment, frequently while exposed to considerable impediments (such as physical risk, bad weather, and large crowds).

1.2 Definition of the Issue

There is no denying that visuals, particularly images, take on two dimensions in newspapers, either telling the entire story (Stand Alone Photo) or enhancing it. For information or images to have any significant impact, influence, or effect on readers, it is vital to understand this.

Although photojournalists use their cameras to tell stories by bringing the location of the events closest to their readers, most of the time even the STAND ALONE PHOTO needs some language to accompany it, called a caption. A good photo without a caption, though, could have little or no relevance to some readers.

Therefore, attempts will be made in this research to understand how images might convey meaning in reporting events, whether they have a caption or not.

1.3 Research Issues

How much of a story does a picture actually convey?

How extensively do photojournalists use their cameras to convey stories?

What percentage of photographs are used by newspaper publications to cover news events?

What percentage of readers find photos interesting?

How effectively can a photograph draw in and hold the viewer’s attention?

readers of newspapers?

How much do newspaper headlines and photo scanners find photos intriguing and compelling?

a crowd’s interest?

1.4 Study’s Objectives

To determine whether a photograph conveys a story?

To assess the degree to which photojournalists use their camera to tell

stories?

To understand how news organizations use photos when reporting on an event?

v To determine whether readers find the photo interesting?

v To understand how a photograph can grab and hold a newspaper’s attention.

readers?

v To understand how news stories and image scanners determine whether a photo is interesting

and retaining their interest?

1.5 Importance of the Research

Journalists: The purpose of this study’s significance is to inform media professionals about the advantages of photographs for readers. Knowing their part in educating the public with their cameras can help media professionals.

Students will be familiar with mass communication and other related fields.

the function of images in the creation of newspapers.

Researchers: It will also make it possible for other researchers to carry on from the area that this study did not address.

1.6 Study’s Purpose

Examining the use of graphics (photographs) in newspaper reporting and production is the project’s main goal. By using the Osun Defender Newspaper as a case study, this issue has already constrained the study’s potential breadth.

1.7 Study Restrictions

Wide-ranging study of this kind cannot be conducted without constraints, which place several restrictions on this endeavor.

Time: The study project has a very short duration, and stress from other academic tasks is another obstacle.

Due to the work’s recentness, there are also little materials available.

Financial: Since newspapers are the primary source of information, financial restrictions present additional difficulties.

1.8 Terms and Definitions

Newspaper: This is a written medium for distributing information to the general public that typically prints articles, news photos, advertisements, and other types of comments on a daily basis.

As the name implies, graphic communication involves using visual aids to communicate. It is the process of developing, generating, and disseminating written and visual content, particularly for newspapers, in order to transmit information, news, facts, and concepts.

Images produced by light striking a light-sensitive surface, often photographic film or an electronic image, are called photographs or photos.