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The Visual Discourse of Protest Movements on Twitter: the Case of Hong Kong 2014
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Abstract The article presents the results of a qualitative documentary image interpretation of the visual discourse of the Hong Kong protests on the Twitter hashtag #hongkongprotests. Visual thematic patterns, the actors depicted, and the relations between actors as well as visual perspectives were analyzed ... mehr
The article presents the results of a qualitative documentary image interpretation of the visual discourse of the Hong Kong protests on the Twitter hashtag #hongkongprotests. Visual thematic patterns, the actors depicted, and the relations between actors as well as visual perspectives were analyzed to derive the function of visual images and to give insights into visual protest storytelling. Visuals and image-text relations in Tweets within #hongkongprotests revealed an application of images in clear favor of the protest movement taking an ‘at the scene’/‘on the ground’ perspective, with media workers being active in front of the camera rather than mere observers behind the camera. While the approach used proved to be suitable for the research project, the research design comes with some limitations, for example in terms of the non-generalizability of results.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Hongkong; Protestbewegung; Diskurs; Visualisierung; Twitter; Soziale Medien; Bild; Interpretation; Ostasien
Klassifikation
interaktive, elektronische Medien
Wirkungsforschung, Rezipientenforschung
Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Kommunikationswissenschaften
Freie Schlagwörter
documentary image interpretation; visual discourse
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Seitenangabe
S. 26-36
Zeitschriftentitel
Media and Communication, 5 (2017) 4
Heftthema
Visual Communication in the Age of Social Media: Conceptual, Theoretical and Methodological Challenges
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)