Seeing human rights : : video activism as a proxy profession / / Sandra Ristovska.

• Superior document: Information policy
• VerfasserIn: Ristovska, Sandra,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, Massachusetts : : The MIT Press,, 2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Information policy series.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (289 pages)
• Notes: Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University of Pennsylvania, 2016.

"Explores the rise of video in human rights activism and in the wider context of journalism, the law, and advocacy"--

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Contents
• Series Editor's Introduction
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Seeing Human Rights: Institutions, Agents, and Practices
• Institutional Context for Human Rights Video Activism
• Human Rights Video Activism as a Proxy Profession
• Methodology and Outline of Chapters
• 2. The Salience of Video as a Human Rights Tool
• Cultural History of Video Activism
• Video as a Unique Form of Knowledge
• The Policy Functions of Human Rights Video
• The Professionalization of Human Rights Video Activism
• 3. Human Rights Video in Journalism
• Journalism's Challenges, Human Rights Opportunities
• Human Rights Collectives as Journalists
• The Proxy Profession in Journalistic Contexts
• 4. Human Rights Video in Court
• Brief History of Images and the Law
• Video's Role at the ICTY
• The Visual Turn in the Law as an Opportunity for Human Rights Collectives
• The Proxy Profession and the Future of Legal Standards for Video
• 5. Human Rights Video in Political Advocacy
• Images in Institutional Politics
• The Turn to Video in Human Rights Advocacy
• Human Rights Video's Role in Political Advocacy
• How Human Rights Collectives Produce Videos for Political Advocacy
• The Proxy Profession in Political Advocacy Settings
• 6. The Proxy Profession and the Power of Human Rights Voices
• Human Rights Video as a Platform for Voice
• The Difficulties in Professionalizing Information Work
• The Future of the Proxy Profession
• Notes
• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Bibliography
• Index.