PUBLIC MARKS with tags television & culture

online book, 2006

links page

one of the best online film journals; exhaustive and regularly updated links page

documents video art and community television, as it evolved in rural and urban New York State, and across the US

invaluable for mise-en-scene; suggestive for writers

Derrida plays himself in 1983 film about concepts of memory; he says he is here a ghost in the art of ghosts, cinema. Many clips from this film found here

very large site, also contains links for art and film, among other things, lots of branching possiblities

random live webcams from the net, a new kind of documentary media, mostly surveillance

a useful essay for all production teachers who want students to see the world around them anew

much material on her media and society courses, including powerpoint lectures

chapter one of "Irish Television Drama: A Society and Its Stories" offered by author online

from Australia, looking at media internationally and politically

Kathleen Fitzpatrick is a media teacher and is spearheading an important online project for media scholars, Media Commons. Her blog has many teaching resources and summaries of sessions at the recent Flow TV Conference.

Virginia Heffernan's blog; here a discussion about dance and music video on YouTube with popularity that does not depend on the viewer knowing English

reviews in cultural studies, film, and television; from NYU

L'Année du mensonge traite des mensonges que chacun s'invente, soit. Cependant le livre évoque aussi toutes les vérités qui échappent lorsque l'une d'elles - seulement - est retenue. Ni mosaïque contemporaine kaléidoscopique, ni machinerie complexe, L'Année du mensonge est un pur miracle de lisibilité au coeur du Royaume des menteurs. Un élixir cristallin qui vous permettra de vous métamorphoser en moscovite et même, si vous le désirez, en cheval fou furieux.

"Kate Bornstein in a slide show version of "The Voice Lesson," a trans-positive, feminist, funny look at how women are expected to talk." Makes good use of audio as unique medium for exposition of this content. Example of how audio slide show works.

semiotics, like connotation, and metaphor and metonymy are terms that convey how images bear meaning; valuable for anyone interested in film and photography

"Screen" is the British Film Institute's major journal; here look at film and television headings for many short articles and resources about UK film/tv

well designed web site, excellent essays, covers experimental and gay/lesbian work

The "about" page for a blog on posthegemony. Author also comments succinctly on books, Latin America, film and television.

Oct 06. Innovative academic TV site, Flow, has upcoming conversational conference coming at end of month. Contributors submit short position papers, available for downloading.

Theoretically sophisticated and business-informed blog on Interet and media issues.

theory of tourist photogaphy discussed

For students of documentary, it is useful to conceptualize place, space, locale, and social performance all at the same time.