Photojournalism Ethics

1. I think that Staging Scenes is not okay. Staging scenes is not okay because they are lying to the public by altering pictures to get a different mood when taking a pictures. Also, by staging scenes photo journalists are being unethical and it misleads the public's opinion about a certain topic or situation, like the imitations of the child's toy in front of a deserted city. There were a lot of copycats who tried to copy the image by bringing kid's toys with them, and placing them near deserted area, beaches and wastelands.


2.I think that Manipulation of Digital Photos is not okay. It is not okay because with digital manipulation you can place anything you could think of in the photo and make it look believable. The example of this technique is the Sharks in New Jersey photos. In New Jersey there was an actual flood that occurred, the sharks however were not part of the flood. People took pictures of the sharks at an aquarium or the beach and photoshoped them in and made them fit into the picture, as well as making the sharks blend into the water to make the sharks look like they belong in that picture.

3.I think that Intrusion into Privacy is wrong. It is wrong because the people who are taking the pictures of famous people are invading their private life and these famous people just want to be alone with there friends or family, and not having to deal with people who are in their faces all the time. An example of this is are celebrity parents. They are an example of this because the celebrity parents have to try to conceal their kids sometimes whenever they have a family outing because they want to shelter their kids from the cameras in their faces when they just want some alone time with their parent as well as parents wanting to spend time with their kids.