Dr. Evelyn Runge
Universität zu Köln
Fellow am CAIS from Oktober 2019 to März 2020
Universität zu Köln
Fellow am CAIS from Oktober 2019 to März 2020
My CAIS project investigates the social and legal changes of photojournalism on and through social media. The focus is on Twitter as an exchange platform for news photos: Uploaded eyewitness material, for example from terrorist attacks and natural disasters, is the starting point for my research project. Twitter conversations after these uploads show that picture editors turn to (amateur) photographers to request permission to use the pictures in journalistic publications – for an unlimited period and free of charge. One of my goals is to investigate to what extent copyright and terms of use are influenced by social media companies, photo sharing platforms and journalistic needs: What is the status of the digital image in changing social and legal practices?
I am also interested in ethical issues of the digital image, including the renewal of press codes on photojournalistic practices and photo editorial decisions: So far, press codes have hardly taken into account digital photos in journalism.