| News photography is a kind of activity which takes advantage of all photograph methods to disseminate news information,as well as an important communication form in modern media.The timeliness requirements for news photography has been changed from “timely” to “immediately” since the internet era.In addition,the social effects produced by news photography have been paid special attention to,namely delivering the high-profile news facts.Otherwise,the importance of the timeliness of news photography is gradually presented in different values.In order that news photography can provide reasonable proposals to better develop in media environment,the true nature problems should return to the values of news photography timeliness.Based on timeliness characteristics,this paper discusses the relevant theoretical contents and typical cases,in combination of subjects such as photography,journalism and media studies.Firstly,this paper makes a brief introduction of news photography timeliness,grasping the basic connotations and characteristics.Afterwards,it researches the presenting modes and values of timeliness in news photography.Otherwise,the value of news photography timeliness is reflected in three value dimensions.Firstly,as the premise of news connotations,timeliness timely observes social phenomena and holds back the loss of communication values,for purpose that the reports of news photography can be more diverse with better quality.Secondly,the news photography timeliness is also reflected in business values-paying attention to media interests and social benefits.Rapidly publish news photography,so that the trust of the audiences towards media can be increased,resulting in credibility improvement.Finally,timeliness also makes it certain that news photography can play a key role in promoting positive orientation and cultural education in social propaganda.Under the circumstance of convergence media,the timeliness competition of media in China is highly competitive.Since people blindly pursue timeliness,the timeliness standards of news photography begin to blur and misplace.Hence,a series of drawbacks are triggered,resulting in many bad effects in the whole media environment.Faced with this problem,people should set up a sense of timeliness with modern times.From the perspectives of photographers,media and society,people should clear the problems,take practical solutions,and reasonably intensify news photography timeliness,in the hope of providing new thoughts for development in convergence media era. |