Photography and Sociology

By H. Becker. 1974

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Diagnosing Gender Bias in Image Recognition Systems (2020, background): “…Supplemental material for this article is available online. uthor M anuscript A uthor M anuscript A uthor M anuscript Bias in the visual representation of women and men has been endemic throughout the history of media, journalism, and advertising (Becker 1974; Ferree and Hall 1990; Goffman 1967).”
Using Photographs to Research Organizations: Evidence, Considerations, and Application in a Field Study (2012, background): “A shortcoming is that research participants are usually missing from their own photographs (Felstead et al., 2004), and participants can self-represent by taking only positive shots (Becker, 1974).”
Making the familiar strange: can visual research methods render the familiar setting more perceptible? (2010, unknown): “Photography has long been seen as advantageous in social science research (Becker, 1974) and the techniques of self-directed photography and photo-elicitation, or ‘photo-voice’ as it is sometimes called, have been used successfully in a range of research studies.”
Photovoice as a Teaching Tool: Learning by Doing with Visual Methods (2009, background): “expanding visual research to other disciplines; Collier and Collier (1986) closely examined the use of photography in ethnographic fieldwork; and Becker’s sociological work (1974) was important in establishing the connection between photography and social research (in Riley & Manias, 2003).”