Image Ethics : The Moral Rights of Subjects in Photographs, Film, and Television.
Gross, Larry.
Image Ethics : The Moral Rights of Subjects in Photographs, Film, and Television. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (401 pages) - Communication and Society Series . - Communication and Society Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword: Images, Ethics, and Organizations -- 1. Introduction: A Moral Pause -- 2. The Tradition of the Victim in Griersonian Documentary -- 3. Direct Cinema and the Myth of Informed Consent: The Case of Titicut Follies -- 4. Access and Consent in Public Photography -- 5. Ethics and Professionalism in Documentary Film-making -- 6. Ethics and the Perception of Ethics in Autobiographical Film -- 7. Images as Property -- 8. A Study in Multiple Forms of Bias -- 9. The Ethics of (Mis)representation -- 10. Perspectives on the Television Arab -- 11. Hollywood Markets the Amish -- 12. Out of South Africa: The Gods Must Be Crazy -- 13. Lesbian and Gay Documentary: Minority Self-Imaging, Oppositional Film Practice, and the Question of Image Ethics -- Selected Annotated Bibliography -- List of Contributors.
This pathbreaking collection of original essays examines the moral rights of the subjects of documentary film, photography, and television and includes a series of provocative case studies on: the documentaries of Frederick Wiseman; British documentaries of the 1930s; General Westmoreland's libel suit against CBS; the film Witness and its portrayal of the Amish; the film The Gods Must be Crazy and its portrayal of the San people of southern Africa; and the treatment of Arabs and gays on television.
9780195361841
Portraits--Law and legislation--United States.
Electronic books.
KF1263.U5.I45 1988
174.9/097
Image Ethics : The Moral Rights of Subjects in Photographs, Film, and Television. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (401 pages) - Communication and Society Series . - Communication and Society Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword: Images, Ethics, and Organizations -- 1. Introduction: A Moral Pause -- 2. The Tradition of the Victim in Griersonian Documentary -- 3. Direct Cinema and the Myth of Informed Consent: The Case of Titicut Follies -- 4. Access and Consent in Public Photography -- 5. Ethics and Professionalism in Documentary Film-making -- 6. Ethics and the Perception of Ethics in Autobiographical Film -- 7. Images as Property -- 8. A Study in Multiple Forms of Bias -- 9. The Ethics of (Mis)representation -- 10. Perspectives on the Television Arab -- 11. Hollywood Markets the Amish -- 12. Out of South Africa: The Gods Must Be Crazy -- 13. Lesbian and Gay Documentary: Minority Self-Imaging, Oppositional Film Practice, and the Question of Image Ethics -- Selected Annotated Bibliography -- List of Contributors.
This pathbreaking collection of original essays examines the moral rights of the subjects of documentary film, photography, and television and includes a series of provocative case studies on: the documentaries of Frederick Wiseman; British documentaries of the 1930s; General Westmoreland's libel suit against CBS; the film Witness and its portrayal of the Amish; the film The Gods Must be Crazy and its portrayal of the San people of southern Africa; and the treatment of Arabs and gays on television.
9780195361841
Portraits--Law and legislation--United States.
Electronic books.
KF1263.U5.I45 1988
174.9/097