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PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tag television

04 December 2006

02 December 2006

Making Sense of Metaphors by Bernard J. Tibbetts

subtitle: Visuality, Aurality, and the Reconfiguration of American Legal Discourse, 1994, long full-text essay online

01 December 2006

Media Art Net | Sitemap

English site overview page of a large German site for media, art, and the Internet

Hayden White, Historiography and Historiophoty

"Historiophoty" is Robert Rosentstone's term for our representing history visually and filmically; in contrast, according to White, is "historiography," representing history verbally, in prose.

Cinemarati Blog

"brings together online film critics for serious, and seriously fun, discussion about film"; links to blogs by selected critics

No More Marriages!: Welcome To The Film Criticism Blog-a-Thon!

Andy Hobal's film blog runs a carnival on film criticism; the film bloggers run many blogathons and garner good accumulated comments

Zoom In Online: the internet video channel providing essential info on media & entertainment

business and technology for media artists; many interesting perspectives and tech histories

BUBL LINK: Media studies

a UK portal's link to media links portals; some entries here will be new to US academics

Blogging as pedagogic practice: by Marcus O'Donnell

theoretical overview and roundup of concepts about Internet and education

30 November 2006

Synoptique

film journal from Concordia University in Montreal

Miradas--in Spanish

extensive critical discussion of Latin American film and TV; Cuban site

28 November 2006

Naturesongs Digital Recordings and Photos from Nature!

insects, animals, weather, water, birds, etc. and their sounds

La FAQ d' ABFH et d' ABFHM

a French site with links to excellent animation, lots in 3D

27 November 2006

Lists of Bests

by 5 others
again, I am fascinated by lists of bests, especially as related to literature; they comprise both an ideology of the canon and a sociology of popular tastes, a la Bourdieu; in an extended form, they comprise much of amazon.com

Mojiti-video commentary software

by 11 others
useful for teachers making clips to analyze in class; "personalize any video with your story. With visual spotlights, you can narrate your personal videos, add captions or subtitles, or comment on any scene."

26 November 2006

media teacher's home page, lots of resouces, links pages

"news and journalism, film, TV, media policy, media reform activism, philosophy and social theory, urban history, contemporary American politics--\perspective informed by media history, political economy and social and cultural theory."

MIT communications forum archive

the various programs are on many topics of media and mass communications; available in audio, video, or print format; good overview of contemporary media issues by academics and practitioners

Mediascape

ejournal, interdisciplinary approaches to visual culture

24 November 2006

FindSounds - Search the Web for Sounds

by 41 others, 1 comment
search the web for material for your soundmixes; various file formats and sampling rates can be specified

20 November 2006

Pajiba - Scathing Reviews for Bitchy People

by 2 others
movie and tv review site, very current, well written, various authors