Image ID:

Atlas Coding Criteria

Below is a copy of the criteria that is being used to code the corpus images into the Atlas-ti software.

Image ID:

This is included in the primary document, assigned from the corpus image directory

Source Data:

Paper

Guardian

Daily Mail

Telegraph

The Sun

Section

Main

Sports

Financial

International

G2

Media

Education

On Line

Higher Education

Women

Date

Page Number

PG

The source data is quite self-explanatory as it is taken direct from the corpus papers. When it is actually coded into atlas it is all placed in to a quotation at the top left hand corner of the image in question.

Components of the News Item:

Headline

Yes/No if yes H1 H2 transcription

Caption

Yes/No if yes C1 C2 transcription comment on position

Text Story

Yes/No if yes TS comment on column length

Image Status

Primary

Illustrative

Symbiotic

Other Images

Adimage+no

Here again the actually information is taken from the newspaper original. We will have in the near future a photocopy of each page that comprises a corpus image. What differs here from the source data is that use is made of Atlas' memo function. The codes are assigned to a quotation at the bottom of the image, using the caption where available or a square in the bottom left. The Headline and Caption are typed as they appear using the image id number with the suffix H1, C1, H2, C2 as appropriate to label the Memo's. The Text story is represented by the suffix TS and is found in the memo in the following format:- column length, then author of article if available, followed by any comments on the use of graphics and/or quotes taken from the text. The image status once decided goes in the same quotation as does the additional images, which itself may have it's own memo suffixed Ad

Mediational Processes:

Picture Source

Photographer

Stock photograph

Authorship

Yes/No attribution if yes annotate

Picture Type

Colour

B+W

Angle

Above

Level

Below

Lens

Wide

Standard

Telephoto

Complicity

Candid

Semi-Candid

Posed

This category pertains to the processes involved in the actual creation of the image. The codes like before are all anchored to a quotation, this time located at the top right of the image. The picture source relates to whether or not the photograph appears to have been taken primarily for the news story. Any uncertainty surrounding notions of digital alteration of images will be noted in a memo suffixed PS and linked to this code/quotation. Authorship is related to picture source and any credit given to a photographer is registered in Atlas as a memo attached to the Authorship code and sufficed as Auth. Picture type is self explanatory, distinguishing between colour and black and white images. Angle pertains to that angle the image appears to have been taken from with Level representing the default. Likewise, Lens seeks to suggest the type of lens used with again Standard being used as the default. Complicity is an interesting category and relates to the relationships between photographer and subject. The Candid sub-category is for pictures where the subject is unaware of the photographer's action. With Semi-Candid, although the photographer may not have communicated with, or orchestrated the subjects there is still a level of interaction (maybe even choreographed by the subject themselves). With the posed category it is obvious that the photographer has controlled the subject/s.

Literacy Content:

Type

Event

Environment

Body

Document

Participants

Male/Female

Number P1 P2 P3

Ethnic Group

White European

Afro-Caribbean

Asian

Chinese

American

African

Age

Child

Teenager

Adult

Mature Adult 65+

Activities

Writing

Reading

Display

Carrying

Wearing

Leaning

Computing

Artefact

Countless codes

Setting

to be expanded

Where the event is occurring e.g. a classroom

Domain

In what domain the event is occurring e.g. political

Indoors

Outdoors

The Literacy Category deals with the components of the image that actually make up the literacy interaction. First one of the four categories we have established (Event, Environment, Written on the Body, and Document) is assigned to the image, with the quotation for the code being placed in the left-hand corner. The image is then deconstructed into its elements starting with the participants/subjects. Gender, Ethnic origin, and Age are coded around quotations linked to the participant involved. Similarly the participants actions are linked to their personal quotation. The category of Artefact is perhaps the most diverse category in terms of the number of codes. It is felt important to note the props that are employed during the act of literacy. Each artefact code is applied to a quotation surrounding the artefact in question. Equally important is the Setting i.e. where the event is taking place, and the Domain, i.e. the context for the event. Finally a note is made of whether the event takes place in or outdoors. The Setting, Domain codes are placed in the same quotation, in the bottom left of the primary document, as the Literacy Content category

Emergent Themes:

Accessory

Evidence

Opposition

Identity

Threat

Celebration

Organizing Life

Personal Communication

Private Leisure

Documenting Life

Sense Making

Social Participation

This category stems from work previously undertaken by Dr Mary Hamilton et al, and seeks to ascribe the themes evident in the actions of literacy participation.

Commentary

This is rather a miscellaneous box where memos can be created to capture those elements of the image that are not dealt with in the coding

Source Data:
Paper	Guardian
	Daily Mail
	Telegraph
	The Sun
Section	Main
	Sports
	Financial
	International
	G2
	Media
	Education
	On Line
	Higher Education
	Women
Date
Page Number	PG
The source data is quite self-explanatory as it is taken direct from the corpus papers. When it is actually coded into atlas it is all placed in to a quotation at the top left hand corner of the image in question.

Components of the News Item:
Headline	Yes/No if yes H1 H2 transcription
Caption	Yes/No if yes C1 C2 transcription comment on position
Text Story	Yes/No if yes TS comment on column length
Image Status	Primary
	Illustrative
	Symbiotic
Other Images	Adimage+no
Here again the actually information is taken from the newspaper original. We will have in the near future a photocopy of each page that comprises a corpus image. What differs here from the source data is that use is made of Atlas' memo function. The codes are assigned to a quotation at the bottom of the image, using the caption where available or a square in the bottom left. The Headline and Caption are typed as they appear using the image id number with the suffix H1, C1, H2, C2 as appropriate to label the Memo's. The Text story is represented by the suffix TS and is found in the memo in the following format:- column length, then author of article if available, followed by any comments on the use of graphics and/or quotes taken from the text. The image status once decided goes in the same quotation as does the additional images, which itself may have it's own memo suffixed Ad

Mediational Processes:
Picture Source	Photographer
Picture Source	Stock photograph
Authorship	Yes/No attribution if yes annotate
Picture Type	Colour
Picture Type	B+W
Angle	Above
	Level
	Below
Lens	Wide
	Standard
	Telephoto
Complicity	Candid
	Semi-Candid
	Posed
This category pertains to the processes involved in the actual creation of the image. The codes like before are all anchored to a quotation, this time located at the top right of the image. The picture source relates to whether or not the photograph appears to have been taken primarily for the news story. Any uncertainty surrounding notions of digital alteration of images will be noted in a memo suffixed PS and linked to this code/quotation. Authorship is related to picture source and any credit given to a photographer is registered in Atlas as a memo attached to the Authorship code and sufficed as Auth. Picture type is self explanatory, distinguishing between colour and black and white images. Angle pertains to that angle the image appears to have been taken from with Level representing the default. Likewise, Lens seeks to suggest the type of lens used with again Standard being used as the default. Complicity is an interesting category and relates to the relationships between photographer and subject. The Candid sub-category is for pictures where the subject is unaware of the photographer's action. With Semi-Candid, although the photographer may not have communicated with, or orchestrated the subjects there is still a level of interaction (maybe even choreographed by the subject themselves). With the posed category it is obvious that the photographer has controlled the subject/s.

Literacy Content:
Type	Event
	Environment
	Body
	Document
Participants	Male/Female
	Number P1 P2 P3
	Ethnic Group	White European
		Afro-Caribbean
		Asian
		Chinese
		American
		African
	Age	Child
		Teenager
		Adult
		Mature Adult 65+
Activities	Writing
	Reading
	Display
	Carrying
	Wearing
	Leaning
	Computing
Artefact	Countless codes
Setting to be expanded	Where the event is occurring e.g. a classroom
Domain	In what domain the event is occurring e.g. political
Indoors
Outdoors
The Literacy Category deals with the components of the image that actually make up the literacy interaction. First one of the four categories we have established (Event, Environment, Written on the Body, and Document) is assigned to the image, with the quotation for the code being placed in the left-hand corner. The image is then deconstructed into its elements starting with the participants/subjects. Gender, Ethnic origin, and Age are coded around quotations linked to the participant involved. Similarly the participants actions are linked to their personal quotation. The category of Artefact is perhaps the most diverse category in terms of the number of codes. It is felt important to note the props that are employed during the act of literacy. Each artefact code is applied to a quotation surrounding the artefact in question. Equally important is the Setting i.e. where the event is taking place, and the Domain, i.e. the context for the event. Finally a note is made of whether the event takes place in or outdoors. The Setting, Domain codes are placed in the same quotation, in the bottom left of the primary document, as the Literacy Content category

Emergent Themes:
	Accessory
	Evidence
	Opposition
	Identity
	Threat
	Celebration
	Organizing Life
	Personal Communication
	Private Leisure
	Documenting Life
	Sense Making
	Social Participation
This category stems from work previously undertaken by Dr Mary Hamilton et al, and seeks to ascribe the themes evident in the actions of literacy participation.

Commentary
This is rather a miscellaneous box where memos can be created to capture those elements of the image that are not dealt with in the coding