Virtualization has obviously penetrated many levels of human activities, including the international one. A century ago we used to speculate of a state’s power in the international arena within the scope of “geopolitics”. However, widening of that informational community has now lead to the advent of “informational geopolitics” (Shin et al.). A century ago a state’s authority at the international level was determined by certain criteria, such geographical location of a state in the global map, ownership of natural resources and so forth. As for now, a group of other factors complement the list, for instance, the portion of a state’s participation and contribution to the development of the information community.
So how have the roles and purposes of photojournalists evolved during the past century and how “photos” affect one’s perception of historical events?
Today it is far more important for a state to make up an informational image in the international arena. That is how the photojournalism has now obtained a “sacred” meaning. Today, photos represented in mass media are not actually about objectively informing a consumer of this or that fact or even, but about forming the “proper” imagination of this or that fact. Taking into consideration the fact that a majority of people just omit reading the whole text of an article, but mostly just look through the titles and photos, photojournalism has definitely acquired a far more significant meaning that it used to have half a century ago.
Works Cited
Shin, Jae-in et al. "A Survey And Analysis Of Security Vulnerability In Xen And KVM". JSE 11.5 (2014): 417-428. Web.
