Abstract
This study suggests that the tolerance of newspaper editors for computer manipulation depends on the category of photographs. Editors differ significantly in their tolerance level of computer manipulation of spot news, feature, and photo illustrations. In a survey experiment among 677 newspaper editors, results suggest that editors use a continuum of photo categories. Editors are intolerant of altering spot -news photos, but much more tolerant of altering soft-news photos such as feature photos and photo illustrations.
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