Principles of message formation in a photo

Abstract

This article addresses main principles of the making the messages in modern mass media by the instrumentality of photojournalism. A photo represents a text with a message which consists of signs. The order of perception of such a message depends on the composition and the accompanying verbal message which set time-space characteristics of the represented objects.

Keywords

• фотожурналистика
• фотография
• иконический знак
• концепт
• изображение
• текст
• знаковая система
• сообщение
• композиция
• СМИ