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Picture Perfect : Life in the Age of the Photo Op - New Edition by Kiku Adatto (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton University Press
ISBN-10069112440X
ISBN-139780691124407
eBay Product ID (ePID)18038813325
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePicture Perfect : Life in the Age of the Photo Op-New Edition
Publication Year2008
SubjectPolitical Process / Media & Internet, Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, Art & Politics, Photojournalism
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaArt, Political Science, Photography
AuthorKiku Adatto
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight15 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2007-043298
Reviews[A] lucid and original book on the 'new image consciousness in American culture.' Drawing on television, photography and cinema, [Adatto] dissects several curious ironies related to image-making. Not least is the love-hate relationship that has characterized the visual era from its infancy., Picture Perfect shows how television's obsession with pictures is part of a much larger problem--modern American culture's fascination with images, real and manufactured., "Kiku Adatto's Picture Perfect is a book every journalist must read if we are to begin to truly understand ourselves and our world--and if we are to avoid the deadly mistake of Othello, who uncritically believed what he saw." --Bill Kovach, Project for Excellence in Journalism, In this engrossing analysis of modern imagery, Adatto chronicles the rise of America's 'photo-op culture' and the explosion of social networking sites, image-conscious photography and the guerilla war between gaffe-seeking journalists and self-aware politicians. This book is an admirable analysis of the role of the image in modern culture and an eloquent defense of why words still matter. -- Publishers Weekly, " Picture Perfect shows how television's obsession with pictures is part of a much larger problem--modern American culture's fascination with images, real and manufactured."-- Bob Schieffer, CBS News, Washington Monthly, "[Adatto] jolted the media establishment by . . . documenting the 'shrinking sound bite'. . . . The most damaging paradox of modern political coverage, she argues, is that TV reporters and producers, having inflated politicians to posed perfection, are then irresistibly tempted to magnify their every flaw and 'puncture the picture.' "-- Pamela Constable, Boston Globe, "[A] lively exploration of our picture-dominated media. . . . We are living in an image-controlled world where reality and artifice have merged and we are all conspiring in our own deception." ---Sally Feldman, Times Higher Education, [A] lively exploration of our picture-dominated media. . . . We are living in an image-controlled world where reality and artifice have merged and we are all conspiring in our own deception. -- Sally Feldman, Times Higher Education, [S]uperb analysis. . . . [N]etwork news has increasingly treated presidential campaigns as artifice and, by doing so, has made them more artificial. ---James Q. Wilson, New Republic, "[Adatto] jolted the media establishment by . . . documenting the 'shrinking sound bite'. . . . The most damaging paradox of modern political coverage, she argues, is that TV reporters and producers, having inflated politicians to posed perfection, are then irresistibly tempted to magnify their every flaw and 'puncture the picture.'" ---Pamela Constable, Boston Globe, Adatto presents an interesting commentary on the presentation and effects of images on the political and social milieu of the US. -- L. J. Roselle, Choice, "In this engrossing analysis of modern imagery, Adatto chronicles the rise of America's 'photo-op culture' and the explosion of social networking sites, image-conscious photography and the guerilla war between gaffe-seeking journalists and self-aware politicians. This book is an admirable analysis of the role of the image in modern culture and an eloquent defense of why words still matter."-- Publishers Weekly, " Picture Perfect is our most elegant, comprehensive, and current study of media and politics. Masterfully weaving together accounts of photographs, movies, television news, and the Internet, Adatto has written a profound reflection on the meaning of images in our public and private lives." --Jeffrey Abramson, author of We, the Jury, "With rare insight and acuity, Kiku Adatto dispels the mystifications of a media age in which vital information is obscured by the opportunism of the photo op, and reality is too often the victim of the manipulations of Photoshop. This is an empowering book." --Homi K. Bhabha, author of The Location of Culture, " Picture Perfect shows how television's obsession with pictures is part of a much larger problem--modern American culture's fascination with images, real and manufactured." --Bob Schieffer, CBS News, Washington Monthly, [S]uperb analysis. . . . [N]etwork news has increasingly treated presidential campaigns as artifice and, by doing so, has made them more artificial., "[A] lively exploration of our picture-dominated media. . . . We are living in an image-controlled world where reality and artifice have merged and we are all conspiring in our own deception." --Sally Feldman, Times Higher Education, Picture Perfect shows how television's obsession with pictures is part of a much larger problem--modern American culture's fascination with images, real and manufactured. ---Bob Schieffer, CBS News, Washington Monthly, Adatto presents an interesting commentary on the presentation and effects of images on the political and social milieu of the US., [Adatto] jolted the media establishment by . . . documenting the 'shrinking sound bite'. . . . The most damaging paradox of modern political coverage, she argues, is that TV reporters and producers, having inflated politicians to posed perfection, are then irresistibly tempted to magnify their every flaw and 'puncture the picture.' ---Pamela Constable, Boston Globe, [Adatto] jolted the media establishment by . . . documenting the 'shrinking sound bite'. . . . The most damaging paradox of modern political coverage, she argues, is that TV reporters and producers, having inflated politicians to posed perfection, are then irresistibly tempted to magnify their every flaw and 'puncture the picture.', In this engrossing analysis of modern imagery, Adatto chronicles the rise of America's 'photo-op culture' and the explosion of social networking sites, image-conscious photography and the guerilla war between gaffe-seeking journalists and self-aware politicians. This book is an admirable analysis of the role of the image in modern culture and an eloquent defense of why words still matter., "[A] lively exploration of our picture-dominated media. . . . We are living in an image-controlled world where reality and artifice have merged and we are all conspiring in our own deception."-- Sally Feldman, Times Higher Education, "[A] lucid and original book on the 'new image consciousness in American culture.' Drawing on television, photography and cinema, [Adatto] dissects several curious ironies related to image-making. Not least is the love-hate relationship that has characterized the visual era from its infancy." --Carl Session Stepp, American Journalism Review, "[Adatto] jolted the media establishment by . . . documenting the 'shrinking sound bite'. . . . The most damaging paradox of modern political coverage, she argues, is that TV reporters and producers, having inflated politicians to posed perfection, are then irresistibly tempted to magnify their every flaw and 'puncture the picture.' " --Pamela Constable, Boston Globe, "[S]uperb analysis. . . . [N]etwork news has increasingly treated presidential campaigns as artifice and, by doing so, has made them more artificial."-- James Q. Wilson, New Republic, [S]uperb analysis. . . . [N]etwork news has increasingly treated presidential campaigns as artifice and, by doing so, has made them more artificial. -- James Q. Wilson, New Republic, [A] lively exploration of our picture-dominated media. . . . We are living in an image-controlled world where reality and artifice have merged and we are all conspiring in our own deception. ---Sally Feldman, Times Higher Education, "[A] lucid and original book on the 'new image consciousness in American culture.' Drawing on television, photography and cinema, [Adatto] dissects several curious ironies related to image-making. Not least is the love-hate relationship that has characterized the visual era from its infancy." ---Carl Session Stepp, American Journalism Review, " Picture Perfect shows how television's obsession with pictures is part of a much larger problem--modern American culture's fascination with images, real and manufactured." ---Bob Schieffer, CBS News, Washington Monthly, "Tired of being manipulated by politicians and image consultants? Then read Kiku Adatto's brilliant, revealing book. Picture Perfect is pure consumer protection for good citizens." --Larry J. Sabato, author of A More Perfect Constitution, [A] lucid and original book on the 'new image consciousness in American culture.' Drawing on television, photography and cinema, [Adatto] dissects several curious ironies related to image-making. Not least is the love-hate relationship that has characterized the visual era from its infancy. ---Carl Session Stepp, American Journalism Review, "[S]uperb analysis. . . . [N]etwork news has increasingly treated presidential campaigns as artifice and, by doing so, has made them more artificial." --James Q. Wilson, New Republic, "Images are more important to our lives, both private and public, than ever before. Kiku Adatto's narrative, rich with evocative details, helps us understand how this has happened, and what it means for our future." --Robert D. Putnam, author of Bowling Alone, [A] lively exploration of our picture-dominated media. . . . We are living in an image-controlled world where reality and artifice have merged and we are all conspiring in our own deception., [Adatto] jolted the media establishment by . . . documenting the 'shrinking sound bite'. . . . The most damaging paradox of modern political coverage, she argues, is that TV reporters and producers, having inflated politicians to posed perfection, are then irresistibly tempted to magnify their every flaw and 'puncture the picture.' -- Pamela Constable, Boston Globe, [A] lucid and original book on the 'new image consciousness in American culture.' Drawing on television, photography and cinema, [Adatto] dissects several curious ironies related to image-making. Not least is the love-hate relationship that has characterized the visual era from its infancy. -- Carl Session Stepp, American Journalism Review, Picture Perfect shows how television's obsession with pictures is part of a much larger problem--modern American culture's fascination with images, real and manufactured. -- Bob Schieffer, CBS News, Washington Monthly, "[A] lucid and original book on the 'new image consciousness in American culture.' Drawing on television, photography and cinema, [Adatto] dissects several curious ironies related to image-making. Not least is the love-hate relationship that has characterized the visual era from its infancy."-- Carl Session Stepp, American Journalism Review, "[S]uperb analysis. . . . [N]etwork news has increasingly treated presidential campaigns as artifice and, by doing so, has made them more artificial." ---James Q. Wilson, New Republic, "In this engrossing analysis of modern imagery, Adatto chronicles the rise of America's 'photo-op culture' and the explosion of social networking sites, image-conscious photography and the guerilla war between gaffe-seeking journalists and self-aware politicians. This book is an admirable analysis of the role of the image in modern culture and an eloquent defense of why words still matter." -- Publishers Weekly, " Picture Perfect is perfect. The thoroughness and patience and precision of the research dumbfound me! Kiku Adatto has again provided us with a valuable tool for the continuing assessment of our media." --Walter Cronkite
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal324.7/30973
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION: The Age of the Photo Op 1 CHAPTER 1: Picture Perfect 41 CHAPTER 2: Photo-Op Politics 67 CHAPTER 3: Contesting Control of the Picture 106 CHAPTER 4: Exposed Images 141 CHAPTER 5: Mythic Pictures and Movie Heroes 187 CHAPTER 6: The Person and the Pose 243 Notes 263 Index 279
Edition DescriptionNew Edition,Revised edition
SynopsisWe say that the camera doesn't lie, but we also know that photographs can distort and deceive. In "Picture Perfect," Kiku Adatto brilliantly examines the use and abuse of images today--and the increasingly blurred boundaries between news and entertainment, the real and the fake, the person and the pose. Ranging from network news to YouTube, presidential campaigns to popular culture, media events to movies, and iconic photos to family snapshots, Adatto shows that we live, more than ever, in a world of pictures--an age where political journalism is often nothing more than a kind of theater criticism of the photo op. At the same time, new technologies such as digital photography, Photoshop, cell-phone cameras, the Internet, blogs, and Web sites such as MySpace and Facebook have made it easier than ever to capture, manipulate, and spread images. As these developments have flooded us with images, they have also made us more aware of the artifice of image-making. But, Adatto argues, this self-consciousness hasn't made us any less susceptible to the power of images. We continue to believe in the camera's documentary promise--and to be enthralled, moved, provoked, and manipulated by images as by little else. From the potent pictures of the Iraq War to the battle for control of the picture in political campaigns, "Picture Perfect" is an incisive and up-to-date look at the unparalleled impact of images on our lives., We say the camera doesn't lie, but we also know that pictures distort and deceive. In Picture Perfect , Kiku Adatto brilliantly examines the use and abuse of images today. Ranging from family albums to Facebook, political campaigns to popular movies, images of war to pictures of protest. Adatto reveals how the line between the person and the pose, the real and the fake, news and entertainment is increasingly blurred. New technologies make it easier than ever to capture, manipulate, and spread images. But even in the age of the Internet, we still seek authentic pictures and believe in the camera's promise to document, witness, and interpret our lives.
LC Classification NumberJK524.A72 2008
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