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Digital Manipulation

Digital Manipulation. Used by Mr. Webster for Lang & Lit but created for Media Studies at ESL-CO. Introduction. Advances in digital technology mean that anyone with a computer and image-manipulation software can easily cut and paste a wide range of images into an apparently seamless whole.

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Digital Manipulation

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  1. Digital Manipulation Used by Mr. Webster for Lang & Lit but created for Media Studies at ESL-CO ESL-CO

  2. Introduction • Advances in digital technology mean that anyone with a computer and image-manipulation software can easily cut and paste a wide range of images into an apparently seamless whole. • Let’s examine the issue of digital manipulation in the media. ESL-CO

  3. Topics of Discussion • Is it easy to tell when an image has been digitally enhanced? What are some clues? • When is digital manipulation acceptable? • When is digital manipulation not acceptable? • Under what conditions should viewers or readers be notified that an image has been digitally altered? ESL-CO

  4. What is REAL? ESL-CO

  5. What is REAL? • We can’t believe everything we see. • Check out this web-site to get a “behind the scenes” look at digitally enhanced images: • URL: www.gregapodaca.com ESL-CO

  6. What is acceptable? ESL-CO

  7. What is acceptable? • In November 2001 the National Capital Commission, caused some controversy when they published a promotional brochure for the city of Ottawa that featured a digitally enhanced photo on its cover. ESL-CO

  8. What is acceptable? ESL-CO

  9. What is acceptable? • In the days following the horrific attack of the World Trade Center, a photo of a tourist being photographed just seconds before the tragedy was widely circulated. Supposedly, the camera containing the shot was found in the rubble of the twin towers. ESL-CO

  10. What is acceptable? ESL-CO

  11. What is acceptable? • During the trial of O.J. Simpson, Time magazine received widespread criticism for manipulating a cover photograph of O.J. Simpson's police mug shot -- intentionally altered to make Simpson look darker and more menacing. ESL-CO

  12. What is acceptable? ESL-CO

  13. What is acceptable? • Digital manipulation feeds political humour. • Images like "Dr. Evil and Mini Bin" and George Bush as "The Turbanator" are just a few of the hundreds of digitally enhanced images that have been making the rounds via e-mail. ESL-CO

  14. What do we need to know? • Digital manipulation is the foundation of the fashion and beauty industry, where air-brushed and digitally enhanced portrayals of ideal male and female beauty promote standards of attractiveness that are impossible to achieve. ESL-CO

  15. What DO we need to know? • Digital manipulation manipulates public opinion. ESL-CO

  16. The future…? • When will digital manipulation become a serious problem? • When will “digital lying” cause a crisis? ESL-CO

  17. Activities • Complete the Fake or Foto Quiz-Museum of Hoaxes • [URL: http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/tests/hoaxphotoanswers.html] • Read the essay Digital Truth on the PBS site and respond to the questions "Is photographic truth at an end?" and "Has it ever existed?" • [URL: http://www.pbs.org/ktca/americanphotography/features/digital_essay.html] ESL-CO

  18. Moodle Forum (choose one) • How does digital manipulation affect public opinion? • What is acceptable or unacceptable in digital manipulation? ESL-CO

  19. F.Y.I. • This PowerPoint presentation is on Mr. Webster’s Lang & Lit Moodle page under the file name “Digital Manipulation.ppt” THE END ESL-CO

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