ted. It is apparent that public opinion is divided and that there is both worry and excitement surrounding the developments. For many people and types of businesses digital technology has many advantages and is extremely useful. It has been especially advantageous to people such as press photographers, artists and advertising designers. This method of virtually undetectable computerised alterations has allowed photojournalists and newspaper editors to manipulate images in order to create more sensational pictures and stories and as a result sell more papers. One example of this is where a daily newspaper altered a photograph of princess Diana and Dodi Alfied. In the original picture the couple were merely sitting next to one another talking but in the false image the position of Dodis head was altered to give the impression that they were kissing. This kind of manipulation brings to light the moral and ethical problems involved now that photography has moved into an age of computers. It is now all to easy for the press to not only invade peoples privacy but for them to show bias and give false information in images. This sort of false information can greatly affect a persons life and the views of the general public in regards to a person in the public eye. There have been movements however to control this misleading use of image and one such campaign was started by the NUJ (National Union of Journalists). The campaign was started to ensure that every time a newspaper or magazine manipulate a photograph a little symbol should appear in the picture to state so. As well as controlling the misleading use of digital imaging it could help us identify truth within photographs and also help maintain the credibility of news photography.Another disadvantage of digital technology which is once again concerned with the fact that the photograph is no longer a reliable pictorial form is that photographs are no longer such valuable pieces of evidence ...
