Video Cultures Media Technology and Everyday Creativity

by Buckingham, David; Willett, Rebekah

• ISBN13: 9780230221864
• ISBN10: 0230221866
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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.

Author Biography

DAVID BUCKINGHAM is Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media at the Institute of Education, London University, UK. His research focuses on children and young people's interactions with electronic media, and on media education.
 
REBEKAH WILLETT is Lecturer in Media, ICT and Cultural Studies at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. She is also a researcher at the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media. She has conducted research on childrens media cultures, focusing on issues of gender, literacy and learning.
 

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Table	p. vi
Acknowledgements	p. vii
In the Frame: Mapping Camcorder Cultures	p. 1
A Commonplace Art? Understanding Amateur Media Production	p. 23
'Take back the tube!' The Discursive Construction of Amateur Film- and Video-Making	p. 51
Inside the Home Mode	p. 71
Speaking Back? In Search of the Citizen Journalist	p. 93
Parodic Practices: Amateur Spoofs on Video-Sharing Sites	p. 115
Skate Perception: Self-Representation, Identity and Visual Style in a Youth Subculture	p. 133
Handing Over Control? Access, 'ordinary people'and Video Nation	p. 152
In the Bedroom: Sex on Video	p. 172
The Hidden World of Organised Amateur Film-Making	p. 191
Always on: Camera Phones, Video Production and Identity	p. 210
Power to the People? The Past and Future of Amateur Video	p. 230
Index	p. 239
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