Shame-Filming
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Shame-Filming (or Forshame-Filming) is the practice of producing an audio-visual recording of one or more others, who are engaged in an activity of which the recorder disapproves, with the purpose of eliciting the emotion known as shame from this or these other(s) and ultimately enforcing conformity with the moral values held by the recorder. Shame-filming is generally reliant upon camera phones for the production of the AV-recording and upon Online Video Platforms (e.g. YouTube) for the publication of the same. Each of these –namely, the context of recording and the platform of subsequent publication– represent a discrete “site” or “moment” in the shaming process.
Hannah Marie Nicholas has argued that the cameraphone is an important participant in the interaction (or ‘interactant’ in Latourian terminology): “I posit that the camera phone takes on a distinct and active role in shaping the recorded events and becomes a means for ‘ordinary’ people to weaponise visibility as a means to leverage power in social interactions with strangers.”[1]
The recordee may or may not record the initial recorder (i.e. the shame-filmer) in turn. Such counter-recording may itself become an object of derision as exemplified the comedic monologue that Stephen Colbert performed on November 19th, 2021. In that monologue, Colbert acted out an exchange between an unreasonable customer, whose persona he assumes, and a service person, who is the object of his address. While holding up a mimetic camera phone, Colbert stated “I'm recording you. No, I'm recording you right now.”[2]
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The application of the epithet Karen (Slang) to the recordee(s) by the recorder and/or viewer-commentators came into vogue in the 2020s.[3]
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References[edit]
- ↑ Nicholas, Hanna Marie. #Wearadamnmask: A textual analysis of citizen-led surveillance and digitally mediated shaming during the coronavirus pandemic (PDF). Oslo, Norway: University of Oslo. p. vi. Search this book on
- ↑ Colbert, Stephen. "Pfizer's Covid Pill Can Save Lives | Jon Batiste Stands Up For Big Bird". Youtube. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ↑ Nicholas, Hanna Marie. #Wearadamnmask: A textual analysis of citizen-led surveillance and digitally mediated shaming during the coronavirus pandemic (PDF). Oslo, Norway: University of Oslo. p. 76-77. Search this book on
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