Thursday, October 22, 2009

Ethically Challenged Visual Communications

TV anchor ( Mirthala Salinas) and LA mayor (Antonio Villaraigosa)
Amy Jacobson - Chicago reporter
Obama poster: Shepard Fairey, Mannie Ramirez (Freelancer, later affiliated to AP)
All acts of visual communication have consequences (act utilitarianism). Therefore visual communications must engage only in acts that do the greatest good for the greatest number.

Ralph Lauren model Filippa Hamilton: I was fired because I was too fat!

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2009/10/14/2009-10-14_model_fired_for_being_too_fat.html#ixzz0Uh8v3Qfk
It looks she has osteoporosis problem.

Katie Couric & photoshoped picture

Michael Born (German video journalist) faked videos for sensationalism.
Would what he did have been subject to legal charges if it happened in U.S.?
In America, there is no such concept as fake or hate speech.
You are free to put anything out there.

Jason Blair issue

American exceptionalism - fundamental issue of free speech
We have market place of idea - market will punish it.
Government should not choose what is ethical and legal in terms of speech and expression.

Europe it developed into the black market of hate speech.
To him, American system is more preferable.
Slam grows in the dark.