A converging image? Commercialism and the visual identity of alternative and mainstream news websites

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dc.contributor.authorKenix, Linda Jean
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-06T21:23:58Z
dc.date.available2024-10-06T21:23:58Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractVisual imagery, while largely overlooked in mass communication research, is central to how organizations represent themselves, make meaning, create identities, and communicate with the rest of the world. This research explores visual differences between alternative and mainstream news websites along the conceptual categorization of deviance. More deviant groups have historically represented themselves through alternative media with themes of confrontation and challenge, often through violent or sexualized imagery. However, online communication is now largely commercialized and commodified in order to professionalize a consumerist aesthetic that can attract mass audiences and return a profit. This research explores the visual communication of both alternative and mainstream media in an online environment where the whole world is watching. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
dc.identifier.citationKenix LJ (2013). A converging image? Commercialism and the visual identity of alternative and mainstream news websites. Journalism Studies. 14(6). 835-856.
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2012.754239
dc.identifier.issn1461-670X
dc.identifier.issn1469-9699
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/107653
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stated
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651
dc.subjectSocial Sciences
dc.subjectCommunication
dc.subjectalternative media
dc.subjectcommercialism
dc.subjectdeviance
dc.subjectprofessional design
dc.subjectvisual communication
dc.subjectweb design
dc.subjectmedia
dc.subjectstereotypes
dc.subjecttelevision
dc.subjectactivism
dc.subject.anzsrc47 - Language, communication and culture::4701 - Communication and media studies::470105 - Journalism studies
dc.subject.anzsrc47 - Language, communication and culture::4701 - Communication and media studies::470107 - Media studies
dc.subject.anzsrc47 - Language, communication and culture::4701 - Communication and media studies::470102 - Communication technology and digital media studies
dc.subject.anzsrc47 - Language, communication and culture::4702 - Cultural studies::470214 - Screen and media culture
dc.subject.anzsrc50 - Philosophy and religious studies::5003 - Philosophy::500301 - Aesthetics
dc.titleA converging image? Commercialism and the visual identity of alternative and mainstream news websites
dc.typeJournal Article
uc.collegeFaculty of Arts
uc.departmentLanguage, Social and Political Sciences
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