Two or three observations regarding the World Press Photo

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the World Press Photo (WPP), an international prize in photojournalism, and observes how the designation of the prize concerning the photo of the year responds to media agenda criteria according to the theory developed by McCombs and Shaw. The time frame is the first decade of this century, and the goal is to strive the relevance of the criteria on certain themes regarding the overall framework and how the news is synchronized with the international media agenda subjects.