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Video Revolutions: On the History of a Medium Paperback – Illustrated, April 1, 2014
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In this history, Michael Z. Newman casts video as a medium of shifting value and legitimacy in relation to other media and technologies, particularly film and television. Video has been imagined as more or less authentic or artistic than movies or television, as more or less democratic and participatory, as more or less capable of capturing the real. Techno-utopian rhetoric has repeatedly represented video as a revolutionary medium, promising to solve the problems of the past and the present―often the very problems associated with television and the society shaped by it―and to deliver a better future. Video has also been seen more negatively, particularly as a threat to movies and their culture. This study considers video as an object of these hopes and fears and builds an approach to thinking about the concept of the medium in terms of cultural status.
- Print length160 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherColumbia University Press
- Publication dateApril 1, 2014
- Dimensions4.7 x 0.6 x 6.7 inches
- ISBN-100231169515
- ISBN-13978-0231169516
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Michael Newman has carved out a fascinating intellectual space between television and cinema as they are traditionally understood, to illuminate both as well as to explore the new ground that the concept of 'video' established in the media imaginary. This is a concise and impressive work that should be on the reading list of all scholars of media and contemporary culture. -- Michele Hilmes, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Newman does for video what Lynn Spigel did for television: he 'makes room' for it in an accessible and compelling critique that shows how video has become an integral part of our lives. Video Revolutions is a book that is long overdue. -- Michael Curtin, co-author, The American Television Industry
Newman's stylish and informative new book Video Revolutions: On the History of a Medium hits pause on key moments in the biography of video, freezing them for closer examination, while always keeping an eye on the bigger picture. ― Prospect
A brief, brilliant inquiry into the history of a complex, contested medium.... Essential, engrossing reading for anyone―from high-school YouTube producers to senior media-studies scholars―interested in our ever-evolving fascination with the moving image. ― PopMatters
Densely theoretical yet poetic... lively, accessible... this would make an excellent course text―on either an introductory or advanced level (a rare accomplishment). All in all, a remarkable book. Essential. ― Choice
An enjoyable, masterful tour of the history of a medium.... [Video Revolutions] contributes to a much-needed repositioning of video as a cultural form in relation to film, television, and digital media. -- Yvonne Spielmann ― Technology and Culture
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- Publisher : Columbia University Press; Illustrated edition (April 1, 2014)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 160 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0231169515
- ISBN-13 : 978-0231169516
- Item Weight : 6.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 4.7 x 0.6 x 6.7 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,816,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #189 in Documentary Movies
- #192 in TV & Video Engineering
- #1,969 in Art of Film & Video
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Michael Z. Newman is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He grew up in Toronto and has degrees from McGill University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He teaches and writes about media and popular culture.
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