Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster of cataclysmic proportions. The images of such devastation were unprecedented and unforgettable. Using both content analysis and survey data, the current research takes a longitudinal approach to understanding the most memorable images of Hurricane Katrina in order to determine iconicity. We conclude that media technology has complicated the formation of a visual collective consciousness and thus the scholarly study of iconic images. With this finding, we propose a redefinition of the tenets of iconicity.
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