1. Use of the Image of the Child Haiti Media Studies Project Gillian Good

2. How and to what affect to these images circulate? Online news sources Blogs and vlogs (video blogs) Printed newspapers TV news reports and internet video Radio broadcasts All of these forms of media are prevalent in society, some with instant access to hundreds of stories and videos.

3. What do we understand about Haiti from these images? The children in Haiti are suffering. Not only do they have an already large population of orphans, there are restavecs, socially accepted child laborers. Haiti is the poorest North American country with a corrupt government that fell apart after the earthquake. People from all over the world are flocking to Haiti to help, especially to look after the orphaned and newly orphaned children.

4. Why are we moved by these images?

6. In terms of Walter Benjamin’s article, we can think of the aura

7. The sense of aura is lost on film, and images like this that flood the media

9. Withering Aura With mass consumption and production of images, the aura of these photographs and videos wither. They are unlike traditional forms of art, as they are easily accessed, and do not give the viewer time to contemplate and think about what they are seeing. Instead, the images overwhelm the reader or viewer, in a never ending stream of images. Benjamin says that the withering of this aura is a complicated historical development, that this ease of access could encourage critical attitude towards them.

10. Images out of Haiti…

11. How do these images affect you?

12. Do these images inspire you to take action?