Photojournalism and Covid-19: representation and invisibility during the first confinement in Spain

The State of Alarm period declared by the Spanish Government due to the coronavirus crisis has had an exhaustive media coverage. However, it is observed how the visual story / narrative that has been published in the newspapers goes beyond the health field, focusing mainly on aspects of a social, po...

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Autores: Pardo, Rebeca, Morcate, Montse
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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COVID-19
Photojournalism
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spelling Photojournalism and Covid-19: representation and invisibility during the first confinement in SpainPardo, RebecaMorcate, MontseFotografia periodísticaCOVID-19PhotojournalismCOVID-19The State of Alarm period declared by the Spanish Government due to the coronavirus crisis has had an exhaustive media coverage. However, it is observed how the visual story / narrative that has been published in the newspapers goes beyond the health field, focusing mainly on aspects of a social, political or economic nature. The types of images with the greatest presence in the representation of the harshest weeks of the pandemic determine the type of coverage, causing some relevant aspects to be minimized or invisibilized, and conditions the impact and the understanding of the severity of the disease in the society, in a particularly difficult and decisive moment such as the confinement of citizens. In the same way, the published images will have a later impact as a document by becoming part of the historical memory in the future. This article focuses on the analysis of the images published during the State of Alarm in three of the most relevant and broader scope national newspapers (El país, La vanguardia and El mundo), which is complemented by semidirected interviews with several photojournalists who have covered Covid-19 during its first stage. The cataloging of the photographs in various categories is intended to observe the type of story that has been made visible of the Covid-19 (assessing the way in which this pandemic is being shown as an epidemic or syndemic), as well as to detect some of the most present and/or recurring visual representations and identify which are the most prominent absences.EPI SCP2023202320222023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion18 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/197943Articles publicats en revistes (Arts Visuals i Disseny)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2022.mar.01El Profesional de la Información, 2022, vol. 31, num. 2, p. 1-18https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2022.mar.01(c) EPI SCP, 2022info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1979432026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Photojournalism and Covid-19: representation and invisibility during the first confinement in Spain
spellingShingle Photojournalism and Covid-19: representation and invisibility during the first confinement in Spain
Pardo, Rebeca
Fotografia periodística
COVID-19
Photojournalism
COVID-19
title_short Photojournalism and Covid-19: representation and invisibility during the first confinement in Spain
title_full Photojournalism and Covid-19: representation and invisibility during the first confinement in Spain
title_fullStr Photojournalism and Covid-19: representation and invisibility during the first confinement in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Photojournalism and Covid-19: representation and invisibility during the first confinement in Spain
title_sort Photojournalism and Covid-19: representation and invisibility during the first confinement in Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pardo, Rebeca
Morcate, Montse
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Morcate, Montse
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COVID-19
Photojournalism
COVID-19
topic Fotografia periodística
COVID-19
Photojournalism
COVID-19
description The State of Alarm period declared by the Spanish Government due to the coronavirus crisis has had an exhaustive media coverage. However, it is observed how the visual story / narrative that has been published in the newspapers goes beyond the health field, focusing mainly on aspects of a social, political or economic nature. The types of images with the greatest presence in the representation of the harshest weeks of the pandemic determine the type of coverage, causing some relevant aspects to be minimized or invisibilized, and conditions the impact and the understanding of the severity of the disease in the society, in a particularly difficult and decisive moment such as the confinement of citizens. In the same way, the published images will have a later impact as a document by becoming part of the historical memory in the future. This article focuses on the analysis of the images published during the State of Alarm in three of the most relevant and broader scope national newspapers (El país, La vanguardia and El mundo), which is complemented by semidirected interviews with several photojournalists who have covered Covid-19 during its first stage. The cataloging of the photographs in various categories is intended to observe the type of story that has been made visible of the Covid-19 (assessing the way in which this pandemic is being shown as an epidemic or syndemic), as well as to detect some of the most present and/or recurring visual representations and identify which are the most prominent absences.
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