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The Aesthetic Function of News Reporting and Photography: Sublimation of Physical and Mental Healing

1 Hangzhou Normal University, 311121, China
2Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, 310024, China
3 Zhejiang University, 310058, China
4 Amity Global Institute, 238853, Singapore
5 Hangzhou Xuanye Training Center, 310006, China

https://doi.org/10.58531/ijssr/4/2/3

Received: 28 November 2024 / Accepted: 16 December 2024 / Published: 17 December 2024

Journalism and aesthetic education are inseparable, and the typical features of photojournalism works have the significance of physical and mental healing. In this paper, we will take the award-winning works of feature photography and breaking news photography of the Pulitzer Prize for Photojournalism in 2024 as an example to analyse the aesthetic commonalities in the works, so as to explore the aesthetic function of photojournalism works, help further combine journalism and aesthetic education, and enhance the quality of physical and mental healing.


Journalism; social aesthetics; physical and mental healing


 Peng F, Wang Li, Shi F, Liu X, Yang C, Yang Y, Wang Y, Ye Z, Wang J, Tang S. The Aesthetic Function of News Reporting and Photography: Sublimation of Physical and Mental Healing. J. Soc. Sci. Res., 22024, 2 (4), doi: 10.58531/ijssr/2/4/3

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