Definitions For Fauxtography

Noun

FAUXTOGRAPHY (uncountable) (chiefly, Internet) mislead, misleading presentation of images for propaganda, propagandistic or otherwise ulterior purposes, involving staging, deceptive modification, and/or the addition or omission of significant context.

Related terms

fauxtograph fauxlography

Etymology

Coined by webloggers around the time of the w:2006 lebanon war, july 2006 israel–hezbollah war in lebanon in criticism of the manipulated images of the conflict published by journalistic outlets: appendix:glossary#blend, blend of faux and photography; compare fauxtograph. (This term is attested prior to July 2006, chiefly in use for company names, without an established meaning, and probably coined independently.)

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The word Fauxtography is worth 31 points in Scrabble and 32 points in Words with Friends

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