fauxtography

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16:54 Apr 4, 2011
English to Dutch translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Journalism
Additional field(s): Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
English term or phrase: fauxtography
Definition from Wordnik:
(Internet) Misleading presentation of images for propagandistic or otherwise ulterior purposes, involving staging, deceptive modification, and/or the addition or omission of significant context.

Example sentence(s):
  • Snapped Shot speculates that the evidence suggests Shana may have been killed instead by recoil from an anti-tank weapon – ie, a friendly fire killing by Hamas -- and the car was set on fire to destroy the evidence of what had really happened. Is this yet another full-blown media 'fauxtography' scandal -- with Reuters once again in the manipulated frame? Spectator.co.uk
  • Times Public Editor Calame ignores the impact of "fauxtography," including this Times photo of a dead man, later seen walking around Blog camera
  • 10 examples of Fauxtography that you should examine so that you realise that pictures do lie. Not a sheep
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4 +1fauxtografie
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fauxtografie


Definition from own experience or research:
Misleidende presentatie van een fotografisch beeld voor propogandische of andere doeleinden, waarbij een belangrijk deel van het beeld wordt weggelaten, toegevoegd, of veranderd.

Example sentence(s):
  • De journalist werd betrapt op het falsificeren van zijn fotoreportage en vanwege deze fauxtografie verloor hij onmiddelijk zijn baan. - (eigen voorbeeld) 

Explanation:
Het veranderen van een paar letters maakt dit een prima Nederlandse term.
Frank van Thienen (X)
Canada
Local time: 14:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch

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Yes  Nils De Jonghe: Lijkt mij inderdaad dat de meeste mensen dit gaan snappen.
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