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标题：Surveillance and Ethics in Film: Rear Window and The Conversation
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作者：Anders Albrechtslund
期刊名称：Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture
电子版ISSN：1070-8286
出版年度：2008
卷号：15
期号：2
出版社：State University of New York at Albany
摘要：Although popular culture is an important metaphorical framework for the discussion of surveillance, it has rarely been the subject of study among surveillance scholars. Especially ethical concerns and dilemmas have been neglected. The purpose of this article is to shred light on how the practice of surveillance can be justified and what kind of responsibility thatfollows it. By studying two classic films about murders, Rear Window and The Conversation, different perspectives on ethics and power relations are revealed. However, rather than giving us answers, the protagonists of both films embody the persistent ethical dilemma of surveillance
关键词：Surveillance; ethics; film; Rear Window; The Conversation