the moral rights of subjects in photographs, film, and television /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Larry Gross, John Stuart Katz, and Jay Ruby.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1988.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xx, 382 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Communication and society
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-379) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Images, ethics, and organizations / Howard S. Becker -- Introduction : a moral pause / Larry Gross, John Stuart Katz, and Jay Ruby -- The tradition of the victim in Griersonian documentary / Brian Winston -- Direct cinema and the myth of informed consent : the case of Titicut follies / Carolyn Anderson and Thomas W. Benson -- Access and consent in public photography / Lisa Henderson -- Ethics and professionalism in documentary film-making / Robert Aibel -- Ethics and the perception of ethics in autobiographical film / John Stuart Katz and Judith Milstein Katz -- Images as property / John David Viera -- A study in multiple forms of bias / Thomas Beauchamp and Stephen Klaidman -- The ethics of (mis)representation / Larry Gross -- Perspectives on the television Arab / Jack G. Shaheen -- Hollywood markets the Amish / John A. Hostetler and Donald B. Kraybill -- Out of South Africa : The gods must be crazy / Toby Alice Volkman -- Lesbian and gay documentary : minority self-imaging, oppositional film practice, and the question of image ethics / Thomas Waugh.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This pathbreaking collection of thirteen original essays examines the moral rights of the subjects of documentary film, photography, and television. Image makers--photographers and filmmakers--are coming under increasing criticism for presenting images of people that are considered intrusive and embarrassing to the subject. Portraying subjects in a "false light," appropriating their images, and failing to secure "informed consent" are all practices that intensify the debate between advocates of the right to privacy and the public's right to know. Discussing these questions from a variety of perspectives, the authors here explore such issues as informed consent, the "right" of individuals and minority groups to be represented fairly and accurately, the right of individuals to profit from their own image, and the peculiar moral obligations of minorities who image themselves and the producers of autobiographical documentaries. The book includes a series of provocative case studies on: the documentaries of Frederick Wiseman, particularly Titicut Follies; British documentaries of the 1930s; the libel suit of General Westmoreland against CBS News; 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. The first book to explore the moral issues peculiar to the production of visual images, Image Ethics will interest a wide range of general readers and students and specialists in film and television production, photography, communications, media, and the social sciences.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Image ethics.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mass media-- Law and legislation-- United States.
Portraits-- Law and legislation-- United States.
Portraits-- Law and legislation.
Privacy, Right of-- United States.
Derecho a la privacidad-- ESTADOS UNIDOS.
Medios de comunicación masiva-- Leyes y legislación-- ESTADOS UNIDOS.