Post-human viewing: a discussion of the ethics of mobile phone imagery

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Beteiligte: Blaagaard, Bolette B
In: Visual Communication, 12, 2013, 3, S. 359-374
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 359-374
ISSN: 1741-3214
1470-3572
DOI: 10.1177/1470357213483056
veröffentlicht in: Visual Communication
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p>This article discusses the relationship between theories of photography and mobile phone footage. In doing so, it asks if theories of photography still apply in a technologically saturated world of imagery. Technology is an increasingly important part of viewing imagery today and enables imagery to become part of a global cultural flow, thus calling into question the physical connection between viewer and image. This article analyses what happens to that connection when not only the image but also the physical body is mediated and challenged in post-human relations, and examines the ensuing ethical implications. The author takes photojournalism and, in particular, mobile phone footage as a starting point for an exploration of the (post-human) body as evidence and sign of authenticity in the modern age of digital communications and journalism.</jats:p>