Chu Wing-yin. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 156-158). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii-iii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.iv / Chapter PART I --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter Chapter 1 --- p.1 / Chapter PART II --- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK / Chapter Chapter 2 --- """Frame"" as the Key Concept" --- p.16 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- "The Role of Communication in Constructing Photographic Setting and ""Frame""" --- p.29 / Chapter PART III --- METHODOLOGY / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Procedures of Data Collection and Analysis --- p.46 / Chapter PART IV --- DATA INTERPRETATION / Chapter Chapter 5 --- "Dividing One's Life Experiences Into ""Frame"" of Photographs" --- p.61 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- "How One's Life Story Can Be Told in Photographic ""Frame""? - Establishing Relationships in the Photographic World" --- p.76 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- "The Process of Constructing Camera's ""Frame"" - Interactions and Negotiations Between Actors" --- p.111 / Chapter PART V --- CONCLUSIONS / Chapter Chapter8 --- p.148 / REFERENCES --- p.156

This study focused on the kinds of photographs taken by twelve South African children at three different age levels (namely seven, eleven and fifteen). The children were given cameras which they used over a weekend to photograph any content of their choice. The children were then interviewed, both individually as well as in groups to discuss their photographs and experiences. The photographs were used as a trigger to explore children's development, sense of self and social worlds. Traditional developmental theory was useful in accounting for some of the differences in photographic ability of the different age groups but further thick description was possible using sociocultural theories of cognition, theories of the self, identity and representation. The researcher concluded that the children's understanding ofthemselves, the people and world around them as well as photography, is constructed by important social, cultural and historical forces which surround the children. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2007.