Social Media Photography : A challenge to photojourmalism

Abstract

Social media is a platform where you can show your creation, exchange your ideas, and other information via virtual communities and networks. Social networking sites are available through which people can easily connect with their friends and family. There are some social sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Orkut, LinkedIn, etc. through which users able to it for photojournalism. Most of the youth use social media to spread the news, awareness, social and political issues. It is used to share their skills and photography ideas with the viewers across the world. Social media has facilitated to access the images, photographs, and paintings created by several artists from the world. The findings show that Photographers on social media get benefits since it increases their exposure by exposing them to a larger audience. The Social Media has both beneficial and negative consequences on the photojournalism profession, as per the analysis done by researchers.