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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 ... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
Hong Kong; protest movement; discourse; visualization; twitter; social media; picture; interpretation; Far East
Classification
Interactive, electronic Media
Impact Research, Recipient Research
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of the Science of Communication
Free Keywords
documentary image interpretation; visual discourse
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 26-36
Journal
Media and Communication, 5 (2017) 4
Issue topic
Visual Communication in the Age of Social Media: Conceptual, Theoretical and Methodological Challenges
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed