Film representation is instrumental to making war targets visible

Evidence

In other words, the argument here is that, so far as the capacity for discrimination goes, the drone technology destroys the traditionally established link between visual acuteness and physical proximity. The proximity of the operator is no longer necessarily a pertinent factor in the identification of targets. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 1016 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Destroy all the infrastructure, kill all the operatives: but you will have only created more images of atrocity; indestructible and infinitely replayable repositories of affect, which, by demanding response and producing (a usually entirely justified) recrimination, act as the best intensifiers and amplifiers of Terror. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1454 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: War and film are a single continuous technological event — Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation, 194; Attention captured by advertising can be converted into military service — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 147; Embedded war reporting and war games extend media simulation of conflict. — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in…, 227 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Drone technology severs visual discrimination from physical proximity to targets. #complicates (0.79) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 1016
• Destroying terrorists creates replayable atrocity images that amplify terror #complicates (0.76) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1454