Reuse, Misuse, Abuse: The Ethics of Audiovisual Appropriation in the Digital Era

by Jaimie Baron

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813599261
• ISBN13: 9780813599267
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher