Video Cultures [electronic resource] : Media Technology and Everyday Creativity /
Buckingham, David,1954-
Buckingham, D.editor.
Willett, R.editor.
Over the past decade, there has been a huge increase in ordinary people's access to video production technology. These essays explore the theoretical significance of this trend and its impact on society, as well as examining a wide range of case studies, from camcorders and camera phones to YouTube and citizen journalism.
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Content; List of Figures and Table; Acknowledgements; 1 In the Frame: Mapping Camcorder Cultures; 2 A Commonplace Art? Understanding Amateur Media Production; 3 ' Take back the tube!': The Discursive Construction of Amateur Film- and Video- Making; 4 Inside the Home Mode; 5 Speaking Back? In Search of the Citizen Journalist; 6 Parodic Practices: Amateur Spoofs on Video- Sharing Sites; 7 Skate Perception: Self- Representation, Identity and Visual Style in a Youth Subculture; 8 Handing Over Control? Access, ' ordinary people' and Video Nation; 9 In the Bedroom: Sex on Video
10 The Hidden World of Organised Amateur Film- Making11 Always on: Camera Phones, Video Production and Identity; 12 Power to the People? The Past and Future of Amateur Video; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Over the past decade, there has been a huge increase in ordinary people's access to video production technology. These essays explore the theoretical significance of this trend and its impact on society, as well as examining a wide range of case studies, from camcorders and camera phones to YouTube and citizen journalism.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Communication.
Cultural studies.
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Regional and Cultural Studies.
Media Studies.
Cultural Studies.
Industries.