Faculty research profiles
Renee Martin-Kratzer
Summary
Dr. Martin-Kratzer’s research interests are media effects, visual communication, news sources and credibility. More specifically, she is interested in the use of violent or disturbing news photographs and viewers’ emotional responses; the use of anonymous sources and how these sources affect perceptions of news credibility; and the absence of females as news sources across all media.
Recent publications
Martin-Kratzer, R. & Kratzer, B. (2005). How newspapers decided to run disturbing 9/11 photos. In E. Kelley Grusin & S. H. Utt (eds.), Media and Sept. 11, 2001: Reflections on an American Tragedy.
Keywords
Print Media, Mass Media, Mass Communication, Newspapers, Photography, Visual Communication, Media Effects, News Sources, News Credibility, Magazines
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