fauxtography
UK[foːˈtɒɡɹəfi]US[foːˈtɑɡɹəfi]
fauxtography noun: misleading presentation of images for propagandistic or otherwise ulterior purposes, involving staging, deceptive modification, or the addition or omission of significant context.
Noun
fauxtography (uncountable)
- Misleading presentation of images for propagandistic or otherwise ulterior purposes, involving staging, deceptive modification, or the addition or omission of significant context.
- Also, fauxtography, coined by bloggers writing about the Israel–Lebanon conflict in summer 2006 to describe both the deceptive modification of pictures by newswire photojournalists and the intentional staging of tragic scenes for propagandistic photos in the media.2006, The New Atlantis, numbers 12-14, Washington, D.C.: Ethics and Public Policy Center, page 146
- Various bloggers have uncovered several cases of fauxtography in Reuters’ photo coverage of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict.2007 November 5, Aaron Peckham, Mo’ Urban Dictionary: Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, page 103, →ISBN
Origin of fauxtography
Coined by webloggers around the time of the July 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War in Lebanon in criticism of the manipulated images of the conflict published by journalistic outlets: blend of faux and photography; compare fauxtograph. (This term is attested prior to July 2006, chiefly in use for company names, without an established meaning, and probably coined independently.)
Words that rhyme with fauxtography
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Questions about fauxtography
- What does fauxtography mean?
- Fauxtography means misleading presentation of images for propagandistic or otherwise ulterior purposes, involving staging, deceptive modification, or the addition or omission of significant context.
- What part of speech is fauxtography?
- Fauxtography is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fauxtography?
- Fauxtography is pronounced [foːˈtɒɡɹəfi] (UK).
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