Scarcity, abundance and value: the economics of digital culture

Understanding the changing relationship between scarcity and abundance – and how they affect value – is essential for visual storytellers seeking to operate in the new ecology of information…

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Digital and the the desire for long form journalism

Rather than entering a new age of distraction and superficiality, digital disruption is actually increasing demand for news and long form stories…

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The primacy of the screen

The screen has become the primary access point for much information. How are screen devices being used, and what are the implications for visual storytellers?

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‘Multimedia’, photojournalism and visual storytelling

What is “multimedia”? Searching for a single definition in answer to this question is neither possible nor desirable…

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This photo is not just what it is: reading the World Press Photo debate

What can Samuel Aranda’s 2011 World Press Photo of the Year tell us about how we view photojournalism? What does the debate prompted by Aranda’s winning photograph tell us about the conventional way of understanding such images?

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Photography and narrative: What is involved in telling a story?

In telling visual stories about the world, photography is narrating the world. But what is a narrative and how is it constructed?

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Multimedia Research Project

‘Visual Storytelling in the Age of Post-Industrial Journalism’ – the 2013 World Press Photo report, presentation and follow-up discussion about ‘multimedia’ today.

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Living in the Shadows

‘Living in the Shadows: China’s Internal Migrants’ tells the story of three families of migrant labourers in Shanghai and the struggles they face as undocumented internal migrants.

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Laygate Stories

‘Laygate Stories’ is a multimedia project portraying the lives of residents in the Laygate area of South Shields on Tyneside in the north-east of England.

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May 31, 2013 · by David Campbell · Featured, media economy, multimedia
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Understanding the changing relationship between scarcity and abundance – and how they affect value – is essential for visual storytellers seeking to operate in the new ecology of information…

May 21, 2013 · by David Campbell · Featured, media economy, multimedia
The world is at her fingertips

Rather than entering a new age of distraction and superficiality, digital disruption is actually increasing demand for news and long form stories…

May 16, 2013 · by David Campbell · media economy, multimedia
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The global spread of mobile technology is reshaping the media economy, putting the visual in pole position and fuelling social networks. What does this development mean for visual storytelling?

May 10, 2013 · by David Campbell · Featured, media economy, multimedia
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The screen has become the primary access point for much information. How are screen devices being used, and what are the implications for visual storytellers?

May 7, 2013 · by David Campbell · media economy, multimedia
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The decline of newspapers is a trend dating back six decades. Understanding this is an essential precondition for thinking about the current state of play in the media economy…

May 3, 2013 · by David Campbell · media economy, multimedia
What happens in an internet minute

Disruption is the context for thinking about what is happening with visual storytelling, but what does it involve?

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