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Attaching Hollywood to a surveillant assemblage: normalizing discourses of video surveillance
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Abstract This article examines video surveillance images in Hollywood film. It moves beyond previous accounts of video surveillance in relation to film by theoretically situating the use of these surveillance images in a broader "surveillant assemblage". To this end, scenes from a sample of thirty-five (35) ... mehr
This article examines video surveillance images in Hollywood film. It moves beyond previous accounts of video surveillance in relation to film by theoretically situating the use of these surveillance images in a broader "surveillant assemblage". To this end, scenes from a sample of thirty-five (35) films of several genres are examined to discern dominant discourses and how they lend themselves to normalization of video surveillance. Four discourses are discovered and elaborated by providing examples from Hollywood films. While the films provide video surveillance with a positive associative association it is not without nuance and limitations. Thus, it is found that some forms of resistance to video surveillance are shown while its deterrent effect is not. It is ultimately argued that Hollywood film is becoming attached to a video surveillant assemblage discursively through these normalizing discourses as well as structurally to the extent actual video surveillance technology to produce the images is used.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
USA; Überwachung; Video; Film; Normalisierung
Klassifikation
andere Medien
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Seitenangabe
S. 26-38
Zeitschriftentitel
Media and Communication, 3 (2015) 3
Heftthema
Surveillance: critical analysis and current challenges (part II)
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)