Advanced search
Publication Cover
Mass Communication and Society Volume 10, 2007 - Issue 2
Submit an article Journal homepage
1,005
Views
36
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

“They Took It Down”: Exploring Determinants of Visual Reporting in the Toppling of the Saddam Statue in National and International Newspapers

Shahira Fahmy School of Journalism at Southern Illinois, University at Carbondale
Pages 143-170 | Published online: 05 Dec 2007

Citations (36)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (17)

Kioko Ireri. (2022) Images from the Battlefields: How Al-Jazeera and BBC News Sites Visually Framed the Libyan Revolution. Visual Communication Quarterly 29:1, pages 48-61.
Read now
Mary Angela Bock. (2020) Theorising visual framing: contingency, materiality and ideology. Visual Studies 35:1, pages 1-12.
Read now
Marc Jungblut & Ieva Zakareviciute. (2019) Do Pictures Tell a Different Story? A multimodal frame analysis of the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict. Journalism Practice 13:2, pages 206-228.
Read now
T. J. Thomson, Gregory Perreault & Margaret Duffy. (2018) Politicians, Photographers, and a Pope. Journalism Studies 19:9, pages 1313-1330.
Read now
Tara Marie Mortensen, Anan Wan & Aimei Yang. (2018) Hashing it out: an examination of the interaction of image and headline frames of marijuana in a time of flux. Visual Studies 33:2, pages 186-201.
Read now
Dan Berkowitz. (2017) Solidarity Through the Visual: Healing Images in the Brussels Terrorism Attacks. Mass Communication and Society 20:6, pages 740-762.
Read now
Rima Wilkes. (2016) Political Conflict Photographs and Their Keyword Texts. Journalism Studies 17:6, pages 703-729.
Read now
Erica Scharrer & Greg Blackburn. (2015) Images of Injury: Graphic News Visuals’ Effects on Attitudes toward the Use of Unmanned Drones. Mass Communication and Society 18:6, pages 799-820.
Read now
Keith Greenwood & Joy Jenkins. (2015) Visual Framing of the Syrian Conflict in News and Public Affairs Magazines. Journalism Studies 16:2, pages 207-227.
Read now
Athanasia Batziou. (2015) A Christmas Tree in Flames and Other – Visual – Stories: Looking at the Photojournalistic Coverage of the Greek Protests of December 2008. Social Movement Studies 14:1, pages 22-41.
Read now
Dan Schill. (2012) The Visual Image and the Political Image: A Review of Visual Communication Research in the Field of Political Communication. Review of Communication 12:2, pages 118-142.
Read now
Rico Neumann & Shahira Fahmy. (2012) Analyzing the Spell of War: A War/Peace Framing Analysis of the 2009 Visual Coverage of the Sri Lankan Civil War in Western Newswires. Mass Communication and Society 15:2, pages 169-200.
Read now
Shahira Fahmy & SaraJ. Roedl. (2010) Lessons from Virginia Tech: Exploring Disparities & Commonalities Between Visual Coverage in U.S. Newspapers & Victims' Families' Perceptions. Visual Communication Quarterly 17:2, pages 91-107.
Read now
Susan Keith, CarolB. Schwalbe & B. William Silcock. (2009) Visualizing Cross-Media Coverage: Picturing War Across Platforms During the U.S.-Led Invasion of Iraq. Atlantic Journal of Communication 17:1, pages 1-18.
Read now
ThomasJ. Johnson & Shahira Fahmy. (2009) Embeds' Perceptions of Censorship: Can You Criticize a Soldier Then Have Breakfast With Him in the Morning?. Mass Communication and Society 12:1, pages 52-77.
Read now
Shahira Fahmy & ThomasJ. Johnson. (2007) Show the Truth and Let the Audience Decide: A Web-Based Survey Showing Support among Viewers of Al-Jazeera for Use of Graphic Imagery. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 51:2, pages 245-264.
Read now
Shahira Fahmy & Wayne Wanta. (2007) what visual journalists think others think The perceived impact of news photographs on public opinion formation. Visual Communication Quarterly 14:1, pages 16-31.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (19)

Shahira S. Fahmy, Basma Mostafa Taha & Hasan Karademir. (2022) Journalistic Practices on Twitter: A Comparative Visual Study on the Personalization of Conflict Reporting on Social Media. Online Media and Global Communication 1:1, pages 23-59.
Crossref
W.H.M.S. Samarathunga, Li Cheng & P.R. Weerathunga. (2020) Transitional domestic tourist gaze in a post-war destination: A case study of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Tourism Management Perspectives 35, pages 100693.
Crossref
Keith Greenwood & TJ Thomson. (2019) Framing the migration: A study of news photographs showing people fleeing war and persecution. International Communication Gazette 82:2, pages 140-163.
Crossref
Lea Hellmueller & Xu Zhang. (2019) Shifting toward a humanized perspective? Visual framing analysis of the coverage of refugees on CNN and Spiegel Online before and after the iconic photo publication of Alan Kurdi . Visual Communication, pages 147035721983279.
Crossref
T. J. Thomson. (2019) In Front of the Lens: The Expectations, Experiences, and Reactions of Visual Journalism’s Subjects. Journalism & Communication Monographs 21:1, pages 4-65.
Crossref
Karina Goransson & Anna-Sara Fagerholm. (2018) Towards visual strategic communications. Journal of Communication Management 22:1, pages 46-66.
Crossref
Xu Zhang & Lea Hellmueller. (2017) Visual framing of the European refugee crisis in Der Spiegel and CNN International : Global journalism in news photographs . International Communication Gazette 79:5, pages 483-510.
Crossref
Rima Wilkes & Michael Kehl. (2014) One image, multiple nationalisms: F ace to   F ace and the Siege at Kanehsatà:ke . Nations and Nationalism 20:3, pages 481-502.
Crossref
Aziz Douai. (2014) “The Police and the Populace”: Canadian Media’s Visual Framing of the 2010 G20 Toronto Summit. Canadian Journal of Communication 39:2, pages 175-192.
Crossref
Manuel CastellsManuel Castells. 2013. Communication et pouvoir. Communication et pouvoir 593 648 .
Keith Greenwood. (2012) Picturing defiance. International Communication Gazette 74:7, pages 619-635.
Crossref
Ying Huang & Shahira Fahmy. (2011) Same events, two stories. International Communication Gazette 73:8, pages 732-752.
Crossref
Katy Parry. (2011) Images of liberation? Visual framing, humanitarianism and British press photography during the 2003 Iraq invasion. Media, Culture & Society 33:8, pages 1185-1201.
Crossref
Shahira Fahmy. (2010) Contrasting visual frames of our times: A framing analysis of English- and Arabic-language press coverage of war and terrorism. International Communication Gazette 72:8, pages 695-717.
Crossref
Michael Griffin. (2010) Media images of war. Media, War & Conflict 3:1, pages 7-41.
Crossref
Thomas J. JohnsonShahira Fahmy. (2010) ‘When blood becomes cheaper than a bottle of water’: how viewers of Al-Jazeera’s English-language website judge graphic images of conflict. Media, War & Conflict 3:1, pages 43-66.
Crossref
Katy Parry. (2010) A visual framing analysis of British press photography during the 2006 Israel- Lebanon conflict. Media, War & Conflict 3:1, pages 67-85.
Crossref
Shahira FahmyThomas J. Johnson. (2009) How embedded journalists in Iraq viewed the arrest of Al-Jazeera reporter Taysir Alouni. Media, War & Conflict 2:1, pages 47-65.
Crossref
Shahira FahmyDaekyung Kim. (2008) Picturing the Iraq War. International Communication Gazette 70:6, pages 443-462.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.