October 2006
M/C Journal - Latest Issue
by jlesage
from Australia, looking at media internationally and politically
ZoneZero from analog to digital photography
by jlesage & 2 others
a large, excellently curated photography site, including slide shows and discussions of key issues in photography and representation in general; highly recommended; under tutelage of Pedro Meyer; take "tour" first
Counterblast :: The E-journal of Communication and Culture
by jlesage
reviews in cultural studies, film, and television; from NYU
Introduction to Genre Theory
by jlesage
by Daniel Chandler--the major theoretical concept that ties film/tv and literature together.
Semiotics for Beginners by Daniel Chandler
by jlesage
semiotics, like connotation, and metaphor and metonymy are terms that convey how images bear meaning; valuable for anyone interested in film and photography
jan van eyck . avantgarde film biopolitics
by jlesage
list of films and readings putting together a film series and discussions of biopolitics in a new and interesting way; complete texts of accompanying theoretical readings
Hugh McCarney
by jlesage
list of his courses, each of which has many film and communications studies essays available in full text form
The Media and Communications Studies Site
by jlesage
gateway to media information, including narratology, listed under textual analysis
Posthegemony
by jlesage
The "about" page for a blog on posthegemony. Author also comments succinctly on books, Latin America, film and television.
Street Media: A Thesis Proposal
by jlesage
Images found in an urban environment and how to evaluate them: a key component of photography, film, photos, visual anthropology.
course outline on social construction of space
by jlesage
understanding this topic is crucial for folks in the visual arts, especially documentarians
"Junk Food Nation: Colwyn Griffith's Tourism Photographs" by Robert Evans
by jlesage
theory of tourist photogaphy discussed
H-Net Review: John C. Ehrhardt on Tourism: Between Place and Performance
by jlesage
For students of documentary, it is useful to conceptualize place, space, locale, and social performance all at the same time.
OUP: Cartwright & Sturken: "Practices of Looking"
by jlesage
Oxford U. Press offers PDFs of chapters one and nine of this introduction to visual culture
September 2006
Lev Manovich - Avant-garde as Software
by jlesage
The 1920s avant garde "revolution" in film, arts, typography, and architecture has become part of computer hard- and software design; new media does not now provide new ways of seeing but radically new ways of using already accumulated media.
Medical Animation and Medical Illustration
by jlesage
Beautiful online animation of the Life of a Cell. I want to return to the site to learn what I just saw means.
"film theory" - Prefound2
by jlesage
As always when I try out a new search engine, I search on "film theory." This site usefully brings up links to syllabi as well as other sites.
Mountain Dew WebSpace (Marxist Theory / Film Theory)
by jlesage
Eccentric links site that points to film theory material not found elsewhere, but also has page for "nude pictures." This link is to film theory part.
Film Bibliographies: Media Resources Center UCB
by jlesage
Good place to start research for both scholars and students, comprehensive resource collection for film studies at UC-Berkeley: Bibliographies here for many film/TV Topics,Themes, Genres, Directors; on National Cinemas; and on Individual Films/Videos; Ful
Film Studies Resources - Academic Info
by jlesage
useful site with lots of resources: bibliographies, "digital library" links, academic programs listed; full text artices; Online Film Collections, Archives, Themes: women, genre, theory; Film History, silent and sound eras, International--by region; Indiv
Resource Discovery Network
by jlesage
excellent UK academic search tool for all disciplines. I looked up "film theory,' "feminism" and "television" and got useful results of sites I had not visited before, and some I had.
