Today’s lecture was essentially filled with a variety of guest speakers, with the focus of “media is a public practice.” After a very detailed discussion regarding copyright and the basic rules behind it, we were provided with guest speakers that provided a more in depth analysis behind the idea that “media is a public practice.”
This week’s reading by Kay Donovan investigates the ethics that are involved in creating a documentary film, with some filmmakers struggling with this concept through the process of creating their media product. The researcher focuses on the making of the documentary Tagged, and the problems regarding ethics that the filmmakers experienced throughout the making of the film.