"Discusses the role of social photography in effecting a change in the ideology of the American Dream from individualism to co-operation during the Great Depression of the 1930s." Focuses on the work of Farm Security Administration photographers of that period.
Ferreira, Celio (author), Boholm, Asa (author), and Lofstedt, Ragnar (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C19693
Notes:
Pages 283-299 in James Flynn, Paul Slovic and Howard Kunreuther (eds), Risk, media and stigma: understanding public challenges to modern science and technology. Earthscan Publications Ltd., London, England. 399 pages., Authors discuss and show examples of images in the media presentation of risk events. Examples include mad cow situations and the experience of dairy producers in dealing with groundwater contamination caused by chemicals.
