A SEMIO-SEMANTIC STUDY OF REUTERS’ (NEWS AGENCY) PHOTOGRAPHS.

This study aimed at investigating and considering the semio-semantics features of Reuters’ news agency social photos. In this study, 30 photographs comprising the survey data were collected using simple random library research. The research adopted a descriptive – analytical approach to conduct the study and data were based on Pierce semiotic perspective and Burgin’s artistic critical approach. The present study sought to answer this question that “which linguistics signs were used more in Reuters’ social photos?“ and “What are the gender representations in Reuters’ social photographs?”. The results showed that along with the iconic signs, the indexical signs enjoyed a better position in being used in the news photos and symbolic signs are used to a lesser extent compared to the other types. The results also suggested that the gender representation in Reuters’ social photos is mostly male-oriented and men were shown to be more active and hardworking than women.