Video Cultures
eBook - PDF

Video Cultures

Media Technology and Everyday Creativity

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Video Cultures

Media Technology and Everyday Creativity

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Figures and Table
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1 In the Frame: Mapping Camcorder Cultures
  9. 2 A Commonplace Art? Understanding Amateur Media Production
  10. 3 ‘Take back the tube!’ The Discursive Construction of Amateur Film- and Video-Making
  11. 4 Inside the Home Mode
  12. 5 Speaking Back? In Search of the Citizen Journalist
  13. 6 Parodic Practices: Amateur Spoofs on Video-Sharing Sites
  14. 7 Skate Perception: Self-Representation, Identity and Visual Style in a Youth Subculture
  15. 8 Handing Over Control? Access, ‘ordinary people’ and Video Nation
  16. 9 In the Bedroom: Sex on Video
  17. 10 The Hidden World of Organised Amateur Film-Making
  18. 11 Always on: Camera Phones, Video Production and Identity
  19. 12 Power to the People? The Past and Future of Amateur Video
  20. Index