Photoganda

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A photograph regarded as being published or broadcast in the interest of advancing an ideological agenda. uncountable

    "Multiple photographers worried privately in conversations with Axios that the images from the rally could turn into a kind of "photoganda," with the Trump campaign using them to further their agenda despite the photographers' intent of capturing a news event."

Example

More examples

"Multiple photographers worried privately in conversations with Axios that the images from the rally could turn into a kind of "photoganda," with the Trump campaign using them to further their agenda despite the photographers' intent of capturing a news event."

Etymology

Blend of photograph + propaganda.

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