Through the Lens of a Camera: Photojournalism and the Crises of Zimbabwe’s “Second Republic”

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African Journalism Studies Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI:10.1080/23743670.2021.1956557

L. Tshuma

引用次数: 6

Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper explores the role of photojournalism in mediating Zimbabwe’s crises in the “Second Republic”. It uses the case study of Auntony Zinyange’s photographs to examine the use of photographs to portray the “Second Republic”. While photographs are credited for being “authentic”, “factual” and “record undisputed evidence”, this study, informed by the constructionist approach in photography, argues that photographs are a construct and the vision/reality they bear is selective and coded. Therefore, the study argues that photographs are used to “stipulate” and produce discourses on the Zimbabwean crises in the “Second Republic” with the aim of structuring power relations. Using visual discourse analysis as a method of analysis, which arguably presents a holistic analysis of photographs, the study found that the “Second Republic” is portrayed as having shattered people’s dreams. Resultantly, the country is framed as having changed the driver while the old car has remained the same. Zimbabwe is witnessing a “change without change”.

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透过相机的镜头：摄影新闻与津巴布韦“第二共和国”的危机

本文探讨了新闻摄影在津巴布韦“第二共和国”危机调解中的作用。本文以Auntony Zinyange的摄影作品为例，考察了摄影作品对“第二共和国”的描绘。虽然照片被认为是“真实的”、“真实的”和“记录无可争议的证据”，但这项研究在摄影的建构主义方法的指导下，认为照片是一种建构，它们所承载的视觉/现实是有选择性和编码的。因此，本研究认为，照片被用来“规定”和生产关于津巴布韦“第二共和国”危机的话语，目的是构建权力关系。该研究将视觉话语分析作为一种分析方法，可以说是对照片的整体分析，发现“第二共和国”被描绘成粉碎了人们的梦想。结果，这个国家被框定为换了司机，而旧车却保持不变。津巴布韦正在经历一场“没有变化的变化”。

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African Journalism Studies COMMUNICATION-

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1.90

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10.00%

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期刊介绍： Accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training for university research purposes African Journalism Studies subscribes to the Code of Best Practice for Peer Reviewed Scholarly Journals of the Academy of Science of South Africa. African Journalism Studies ( AJS) aims to contribute to the ongoing extension of the theories, methodologies and empirical data to under-researched areas of knowledge production, through its emphasis on African journalism studies within a broader, comparative perspective of the Global South. AJS strives for theoretical diversity and methodological inclusivity, by developing theoretical approaches and making critical interventions in global scholarly debates. The journal''s comparative and interdisciplinary approach is informed by the related fields of cultural and media studies, communication studies, African studies, politics, and sociology. The field of journalism studies is understood broadly, as including the practices, norms, value systems, frameworks of representation, audiences, platforms, industries, theories and power relations that relate to the production, consumption and study of journalism. A wide definition of journalism is used, which extends beyond news and current affairs to include digital and social media, documentary film and narrative non-fiction.