Clickbait War: The visual narrative of violence
09/07/2024
"If it bleeds, it leads" is a motto that captures the long-standing relationship between violence and news coverage. However, the news is not just a mirror that reflects reality - the information we see is controlled, it has a purpose, it has to frame the events of the world. During the research week at Cprvinus, visitors were introduced to this concept, among others, in a presentation by Dr. Alexandra Nagy-Béni. Particular attention was given to the visual language used to depict violence in the age of "homo videns", a term coined by media theorist Giovanni Sartori (1997) to describe modern people who are heavily dependent on images for information.