On the Photos of the Russian Ambassador’s Assassination in Ankara: Our Tweet Thread – Reading The Pictures

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On the Photos of the Russian Ambassador’s Assassination in Ankara: Our Tweet Thread – Reading The Pictures

The overlap between online and social media, and war and terror is so complex, it’s hard to make sense of what we’re looking at.

via Reading The Pictures: http://www.readingthepictures.org/2016/12/ankara-assassination-photography/

The chilling murder of the Russian Ambassador in Ankara yesterday was a photographic event, as much as it was a serious political event. But the overlap between online and social media, visual culture, and war and terror is so complex, it’s actually hard to make sense of what we’re looking at.

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