Camcorder Danger: Risks People Take for the Camera
The dangers of putting a camcorder on a person who would put themselves or others at risk to show off.Sometimes, the camcorder causes what it tapes. It does not observe passively. It stimulates the very activity it records. A few clips on a recent edition of "America's Funniest Home Videos" drove this home. We saw the teenagers in super-hero costumes clowning for the camera. Leaping out of a phone booth, one hurts himself. Then we saw the bicyclist trying to peddle up a home-made ramp to soar into space. The ramp didn't bear his weight; he hurt himself. Another fellow stood on the platform of a train station. He turns to see the camera which had been covertly taping him, and begins a soft-shoe across the platform. He dances himself into a steel beam. He didn't see the beam; he was looking at the camera.
If they had not seen a camcorder, the teens would not have clowned. If he had not seen a camera, the bicyclist would not have lost his concentration. If he had not had spotted the spying cam the train traveler would not have danced, would have watched where he was goi…
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