Análise da qualidade da fotografia jornalística na imprensa escrita moçambicana: caso dos semanários privados “Savana” e “Canal de Moçambique”

Abstract

Photography in the private written press in Mozambique is often published without the necessary journalistic quality, which, ultimately, affects the final product of the newspapers, the news. Image quality is affected by the low financial investment for photojournalistic production and commercial partnerships. This research analyzes the extent to which the quality of photography is affected in private weeklies, specifically in the newspapers Savana and Canal de Moçambique. It also seeks to detail the factors that influence the poor quality of photographs. To achieve the objectives, it quantitatively and qualitatively analyzes a sample of 96 photographs from both periodicals (48 for each), selected from a universe of 24 newspapers from 2022 (one per month) and based on convenience sampling. It uses semi-structured interviews with news makers to uncover the reasons that affect photojournalistic quality. The study is based on the Organizational Theory of Journalism, as well as the theory on journalistic photography in the written press.