Graduation Year
2018
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Special Majors
Second Department
Anthropology
Reader 1
Lara Deeb
Reader 2
Ruti Talmor
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2018 Emma B Tasini
Abstract
This thesis focuses specifically on student media consumption around the Syrian Refugee Crisis at the Claremont Colleges through interviews and participant observation in order to understand the role of media photos in knowledge production around the Syrian Refugee Crisis. Looking at the role of photos in a cross-cultural understanding of the Refugee Crisis, this thesis analyzes the way individuals read and interpret these photos. I argue that photos have a vital role in knowledge production of the Syrian Refugee Crisis however their presentation and consumption occurs in a complex world without guidelines of what photos impact are and how they should be used. Finally, I aim to understand the potential for more ideal representation of the Syrian Refugee Crisis.
Recommended Citation
Tasini, Emma, "Photographic Representation and the Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Case Study at the Claremont Colleges" (2018). Pitzer Senior Theses. 90.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pitzer_theses/90
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
