In the article “Photography as a Weapon”, reveals valid points made in reference to the altering of digital photographic images. The ability to edit digital pictures, and publish them, can mislead people into believing it’s true, even when told it was faked. Most humans are visual people, storing and processing images on the side of our brains. With new technological advances in Photoshop and other enhancement applications and software, one cannot always trust what they are seeing on the internet. As seen in the photos leaked out by the Iranian government, a picture of four war missiles blasting off caused panic world wide. Other countries, like ours, reported it on our newspapers, causing confusion as to what this country was really up to.

Altering pictures is not a new phenomenon, and in the past it has been done in order to spread propaganda and fear. I agree that you have to weary with the authentically of web sites and it’s contents. As with fashion magazines, you cannot always believe it to be true.. until it is.