Image Ethics - The Moral Rights of Subjects in Photographs, Film, and Television (Paperback, Reissue)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Communication and Society
Release date:	August 1991
First published:	February 1991
Editors:	Larry Gross (Professor of Communications) • John Stuart Katz (Professor of Communications) • Jay Ruby (Professor of Communications)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	402
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-506780-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN:	0-19-506780-0
Barcode:	9780195067804

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