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[ecrea] video cultures - media technology and everyday creativity

Mon Nov 02 16:01:56 GMT 2009



New publication from Palgrave

Video Cultures
Media Technology and Everyday Creativity

Edited by David Buckingham and Rebekah Willett

Over the past decade, the video camcorder has become a commonplace household object. The rise of YouTube and other video sharing sites has made it significantly easier to distribute amateur video productions, and national broadcasters are increasingly interested in 'user-generated content' and the work of so-called 'citizen journalists'. For some, this growth in access to video production is part of a wider democratisation of media, and the emergence of a much more participatory media culture. However, others argue that such practices amount to little more than a trivial family pastime, that does little if anything to challenge the power of the established mass media. This book explores the diversity of 'video cultures' in contemporary Britain through a series of case studies ranging from citizen journalists to amateur pornographers, and from teenage pranksters to elderly members of video-making clubs. Through its discussion of specific
video-making practices, the book raises broader issues about key themes in
contemporary cultural studies, including creativity, social capital, identity and technology.

CONTENTS
In The Frame: Mapping Camcorder Cultures; R.Willett

A Commonplace Art? Understanding Amateur Media Production; D.Buckingham

'Take Back The Tube!': The Discursive Construction of Amateur Film- and Video-Making;
D.Buckingham, M.Pini & R.Willett

Inside the Home Mode; M.Pini

Speaking Back? In Search of the Citizen Journalist; D.Buckingham

Parodic Practices: Amateur Spoofs on Video Sharing Sites; R.Willett

Skate Perception: Self-Representation, Identity and Visual Style in a Youth Subculture;
D.Buckingham

Handing Over Control? Access, 'Ordinary People' and Video Nation; J.Henderson

In The Bedroom: Sex on Video; M.Pini

The Hidden World of Organised Amateur Film-Making; D.Cuzner
Always On: Camera Phones, Video Production and Identity; R.Willett

Power To The People? The Past and Future of Amateur Video; D.Buckingham

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