{"product_id":"surveillance-and-film-paperback","title":"Surveillance and Film - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. MacGregor Wise\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurveillance is a common feature of everyday life. But how are we to make sense of or understand what surveillance is, how we should feel about it, and what, if anything, can we do? \u003ci\u003eSurveillance and Film\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging and accessible book that maps out important themes in how popular culture imagines surveillance by examining key feature films that prominently address the subject. Drawing on dozens of examples from around the world, J. Macgregor Wise analyzes films that focus on those who watch (like \u003ci\u003eRear Window\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeeping Tom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDisturbia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGigante\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Lives of Others\u003c\/i\u003e), films that focus on those who are watched (like \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCaché\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEd TV\u003c\/i\u003e), films that feature surveillance societies (like \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHX 1138\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eV for Vendetta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Truman Show\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMinority Report\u003c\/i\u003e), surveillance procedural films (from \u003ci\u003eThe Naked City\u003c\/i\u003e, to Hong Kong's \u003ci\u003eEye in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, The \u003ci\u003eInfernal Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e Trilogy, and the \u003ci\u003eOverheard\u003c\/i\u003e Trilogy of films), and films that interrogate the aesthetics of the surveillance image itself (like \u003ci\u003eSliver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDhobi Ghat (Mumbai Diaries)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDer Riese\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLook\u003c\/i\u003e). Wise uses these films to describe key models of understanding surveillance (like Big Brother, Panopticism, or the Control Society) as well as to raise issues of voyeurism, trust, ethics, technology, visibility, identity, privacy, and control that are essential elements of today's culture of surveillance. The text features questions for further discussion as well as lists of additional films that engage these topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Macgregor Wise \u003c\/b\u003eis a Professor of Communication Studies at Arizona State University, USA, where he writes and teaches about cultural studies of technology, globalization, and surveillance. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eExploring Technology and Social Space\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and\u003ci\u003e Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and co-author of \u003ci\u003eCulture and Technology: A Primer\u003c\/i\u003e (with Jennifer Daryl Slack; Second edition, 2015) as well as the second edition of \u003ci\u003eMediaMaking\u003c\/i\u003e (with Lawrence Grossberg, Ellen Wartella, and D. Charles Whitney, 2005). He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Visualities, New Technologies: The New Ecstasy of Communication \u003c\/i\u003e(with Hille Koskela, 2013) and a former editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eCommunication and Critical Cultural Studies. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has been teaching about surveillance and popular culture since 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50374185681133,"sku":"9781628924855","price":64.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/yzbgrpLfJO9781628924855.webp?v=1785540350","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/surveillance-and-film-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}