Photographs of the young/young photographers: Generation and the generative power of digital images

dc.contributor.authorGriffiths, O.
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstract'Sexualized' digital images of the young, photos which purport to be of the young and photographs taken by the young present new philosophical and policy challenges of the kind Foucault described in his definition of 'problematics': a combination of the history of ideas and the history of mentalities. This article sets out to describe and analyse 'problematics' associated with the reception of, and public debate about, notable digital images in order to demonstrate the multiple ways in which new technologies are revealing relationships of power and creating the conditions of possibility for policy change in Australia. Among the cited instances are the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) Skype incident and the YouTube Australian Football League (AFL) 'nude photo' scandal; the fight against the distribution of illegal images by the Australian Federal Police (AFP); the generative impact of the 'Henson case'; and young photographers' groups hosted by web communities. All Australian images made, and photography practices referred to, took place between 2008 and April 2011. Earlier feminist approaches to photographic images are tested against newer questions emerging from the use of digital technologies.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMary Griffiths
dc.description.urihttp://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-issue,id=2043/
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 2011; 7(2):155-171
dc.identifier.doi10.1386/macp.7.2.155_1
dc.identifier.issn1740-8296
dc.identifier.issn2040-0918
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/69053
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIntellect Ltd
dc.rights© Intellect Ltd 2011
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1386/macp.7.2.155_1
dc.subjectdigital images
dc.subjectpolicy outcomes
dc.subjectdistribution platforms
dc.subjectsexualised photos
dc.subjectconsensus
dc.subjectexploitation
dc.titlePhotographs of the young/young photographers: Generation and the generative power of digital images
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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