Jurnalistik Foto di Era Digital: Antara Teknologi dan Etika

Ferry Darmawan (Lahir di Jakarta, 7 Desember 1973. Dosen tetap Fakultas Ilmu Komunikasi Universitas Islam Bandung (Fikom Unisba). Pada 1998, menyelesaikan S1 di Fikom Unisba Jurusan Ilmu Jurnalistik. Memiliki kegemaran memotret sejak masih sekolah menengah, hingga a)

MediaTor: Jurnal Komunikasi
Vol 6, No 1 (2005): Kontroversi Dakwah dan Politik

The development of photography technology, which mounted on digital photography, has provided real challenge for traditional photography. Digital photography open up opportunity for photographer to transform and modify pictures taken by digital camera. This challenge also affected journalism photography. Viewed from the side of mass media technology, photography digital seemed to give many benefits for mass media industry. Digital photography beat traditional photography in terms of place and time. But one must keep in mind that journalism deals only with factual matters. A serious discussion over ethical issues concerning the practice of digital photography in journalism was necessary.