photoganda

English

Etymology

Blend of photograph +‎ propaganda.

Noun

photoganda (uncountable)

  1. A photograph regarded as being published or broadcast in the interest of advancing an ideological agenda.
    • 2024 July 15, Aïda Amer, “How photographers view the photos of Trump's assassination attempt”, in Axios[1]:
      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.

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