Children use in sensationalist pictures

Abstract

This work covers the production and use of sensationalist images of violence though the media, mainly those which include children, and focus on the variables which influence their wide consumption by the public. A case study is drawn over the photographic report on the terrorist attack occurred in Beslan, Russia, as published by Veja. It historically explains how violent images may have an impact on society and finds theoretical approaches and the psychological and market determinants which foster the obsession towards horror.