Substitution of human subjects
The analysis considers photographs from two public broadcasters’ news portals: Slovenia's rtvslo.si and Croatia's hrt.hr. The focus is on a specific category of images the authors label subjectless images; that is, images visually representing migrants and migration that avoid showing migrants as subjects. In these images, human subjects are substituted by objects that metaphorically, metonymically, or symbolically stand for migrants and migration.
Interpreting subjectless images
Vezovnik and Šarić explore the ideological operation of the subjectless images: What is presented to viewers as a certain object's mimetic image is explored within the production of a specific narrative and signification.
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