Reuse, Misuse, Abuse: The Ethics of Audiovisual Appropriation in the Digital Era (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813599267)

In contemporary culture, existing audiovisual recordings are constantly reused and repurposed for various ends, raising questions regarding the ethics of such appropriations, particularly when the recording depicts actual people and events. Every reuse of a preexisting recording is, on some level, a misuse in that it was not intended or at least anticipated by the original maker, but not all misuses are necessarily unethical. In fact, there are many instances of productive misuse that seem justified. At the same time, there are other instances in which the misuse shades into abuse. Documentary scholars have long engaged with the question of the ethical responsibility of documentary makers in relation to their subjects. But what happens when this responsibility is set at a remove, when the recording already exists for the taking and repurposing? Reuse, Misuse and Abuse surveys a range of contemporary films and videos that appropriate preexisting footage and attempts to theorize their ethical implications.

Author: Jaimie Baron
ISBN-10: 0813599261
ISBN-13: 9780813599267
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2020
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d