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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) ... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
film; video; normalization; United States of America; monitoring
Classification
Other Media
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 26-38
Journal
Media and Communication, 3 (2015) 3
Issue topic
Surveillance: critical analysis and current challenges (part II)
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution