Lies, damn lies and documentaries / Brian Winston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winston, Brian.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Documentary television programs--Great Britain.

Documentary television programs.

Documentary films--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Documentary films.

Great Britain.

Documentary television programs--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

iv, 186 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : BFI Pub., 2000.

Summary:

"Leading expert Brian Winston's new book is one of the first to take the ethical issue seriously. Looking at the recent crises of confidence in public service broadcasting and the controversy surrounding docusoaps, his major new study provides a foundational study of ethics and the documentary. This accessible but comprehensive treatment will be an important contribution to academic debates over the role of the media and to the ongoing debates in the documentary community."--PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION.

Despite its centrality to the daily lives of a variety of journalists, the topic of ethics is relatively unexplored. This work provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject.

Contents:

Fakery

Public service

Law

Regulation

Free expression

Ethics.

The price of popularity

In from the cold

The short, sorry history of documentary ethics

The poisoned chalice of journalism

The documentarist's ethical compass

The rights of documentarists

Statutes and cases.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-181) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Winston, Brian. Lies, damn lies and documentaries.

ISBN:

0851707963

9780851707969

0851707971

9780851707976

OCLC:

44652216

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