STRUCTURAL AND COMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS OF THE IMAGE IN INFORMATIONAL JOURNALISM TEXTS
Mariana TOACĂ Universitatea de Stat din Moldova
Аннотация
Along with the development of digital technologies, the press also developed. The press comes with visual information that helps journalistic texts to be more credible. The journalistic materials that appear in the press today are considerably improved over those materials that appeared in the 17-th century. Images have the power to complement information, to convince readers that the information is credible. Photographs are a component of the journalistic genre, they attract attention, captures the media consumer’s interest, prompts him to read the text, etc.. Photography is a communication tool, as the journalistic text conveys a message, a photographic composition is valuable when it manages to say something. Photographic images have value because at the time of their publication they convey in- formation about the event and with the passage of time they immortalize information about people, events in history. The process of selecting the right photos is very important, the journalist must take into account several factors: the impact of photography; photo quality; placement in the text. The caption of the photo is unavoidable in order not to cause confusion, confusion, misinformation, etc. The caption of the photo is unavoidable in order not to cause confusion, confusion, misinformation, etc. Just as important as the structural and compositional elements mentioned above is the preservation of image accu- racy following digital processing.
Keywords: image, photo, illustration, journalistic text, legend, professional ethics, manipulation.
