Think/Point/Shoot

Name: Think/Point/Shoot
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138847965
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Media Ethics, Technology and Global Change

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Think/Point/Shoot offers a comprehensive overview of media ethics, exploring ethical challenges across all stages of modern media production—from research and development to post production. Featuring insights from practicing filmmakers, journalists, and media creators, it addresses real-world dilemmas in an era of instantaneous digital communication to vast audiences. The book balances current media field applications with a foundation in strong ethical theory, highlighting the complexities of storytelling on a global scale while upholding ethical standards. A companion website enhances learning with a media ethics game, chapter summaries, case studies, forms, classroom exercises, PowerPoints, and recorded conference videos.
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Ideal for students, educators, filmmakers, journalists, and media professionals seeking a practical and theoretical foundation in media ethics. Particularly suited to those working in documentary or actuality filmmaking, as well as anyone interested in ethical considerations of digital communication and global storytelling.

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Think/Point/Shoot gives students a thorough overview of the role of ethics in modern media creation. Case studies emphasise the critical issues in global media ethics today in all stages of media creation, from preproduction research and development to production and post-production. This volume features practising filmmakers, journalists, and media creators who provide insight into dealing with real-world ethical dilemmas.

In this era, digital imagery, sounds, and web communication have opened doors to sharing thoughts and ideas instantaneously to potentially vast audiences. This presents exciting opportunities, but also serious ethical, legal, and social challenges. The cases and exercises found in this book are applicable to the current media field while still remaining grounded in strong ethical theory. Think/Point/Shoot explains the challenge of communicating a story to a worldwide audience while maintaining ethical standards.

A companion website provides additional resources for students and instructors:

media ethics game
chapter summaries and case studies
important forms

Instructors will also find:

classroom exercises
PowerPoints
video from the "Global Media Ethics" Conference from March 2013

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Praised by Michael Rabiger, author of Directing the Documentary, Think/Point/Shoot is recognised for its collective expertise from filmmaking, journalism, and academia. Rabiger notes its invaluable guidance for actuality filmmakers, emphasising its preparation for ethical pitfalls and creative possibilities in contemporary media. The book is lauded for clarity amid complex political contexts, effective use of case studies, real-life examples, and concise "Take-Home Points" that support deeper understanding. It thoughtfully addresses the personal and social consequences of media practices in today's digital landscape.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138847965

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 September 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Contributors:

Edited by Annette Danto
Edited by Mobina Hashmi
Edited by Lonnie Isabel

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 548g

Pages: 294

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About the Author

Annette Danto is a filmmaker and Professor in the Department of Film at Brooklyn College. A three time awarded Fulbright Scholar in Filmmaking, Danto holds degrees from McGill University, Columbia University and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film, Television and New Media.

Mobina Hashmi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Television and Radio at Brooklyn College, and the Director of the Center for Global Television. She has a BA from Dartmouth College, and a PhD in media and cultural studies from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Her work has been published in Economic and Political Weekly and in South Asian History and Culture.

Lonnie Isabel is a reporter and Former Deputy Managing Editor of Newsday and Newsday-Laventhol Visiting Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Isabel is a 30-year veteran of the newspaper business and has worked as a political reporter, investigative reporter and editor for Newsday, Boston Globe, Boston Herald and Oakland Tribune. Isabel joined the newly-created CUNY Graduate School of Journalism in 2005.