UMR Presents Syria & The Media

On Tuesday, April 25th, the United Minority Relief held a talk on the relationship between photojournalism and the Syrian Crisis. Professor Finnegan discussed how the media portrays the Syrian refugees for raising awareness or collecting donations. On several website for donation, organizations like to use demand photos, which is usually a child who looks right in to your eyes. The reason that children’s image is often used is people tend to think they are the innocent victims from the politics.