Ecologies of Internet Video

Beyond YouTube

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Film, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Ecologies of Internet Video by John Hondros, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: John Hondros ISBN: 9781351716390
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: May 24, 2018
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: John Hondros
ISBN: 9781351716390
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: May 24, 2018
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book explores the complex, dynamic, and contested webs of relationships in which three different groups of video makers found themselves when distributing their work on the Internet. It draws upon both the Deleuzian notion of "assemblage" and Actor-Network Theory, which together provide a rich conceptual framework for characterizing and analysing these webs. The groups examined are a UK video activist project, a community of film and television fans originating in the US, and an association of US community television producers.

Rather than taking YouTube as its point of departure, this book centres on the groups themselves, contextualizing their contemporary distribution practices within their pre-Internet histories. It then follows the groups as they drew upon various Internet technologies beyond YouTube to create their often-complex video distribution assemblages, a process that entangled them in these webs of relationships.

Through the analysis of detailed ethnographic fieldwork conducted across a period of several years, this book demonstrates that while the groups found some success in achieving their various goals as video makers, their situations were often problematic and their agency limited, with their practices contested by both human and technological actors within their distribution assemblages.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book explores the complex, dynamic, and contested webs of relationships in which three different groups of video makers found themselves when distributing their work on the Internet. It draws upon both the Deleuzian notion of "assemblage" and Actor-Network Theory, which together provide a rich conceptual framework for characterizing and analysing these webs. The groups examined are a UK video activist project, a community of film and television fans originating in the US, and an association of US community television producers.

Rather than taking YouTube as its point of departure, this book centres on the groups themselves, contextualizing their contemporary distribution practices within their pre-Internet histories. It then follows the groups as they drew upon various Internet technologies beyond YouTube to create their often-complex video distribution assemblages, a process that entangled them in these webs of relationships.

Through the analysis of detailed ethnographic fieldwork conducted across a period of several years, this book demonstrates that while the groups found some success in achieving their various goals as video makers, their situations were often problematic and their agency limited, with their practices contested by both human and technological actors within their distribution assemblages.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Football Supporters and the Commercialisation of Football by John Hondros
Cover of the book Psychology After Discourse Analysis by John Hondros
Cover of the book Restoring Justice after Large-scale Violent Conflicts by John Hondros
Cover of the book Sexual Privatism in British Romantic Writing by John Hondros
Cover of the book The Mirror Crack'd by John Hondros
Cover of the book How To Be Happy Though Human by John Hondros
Cover of the book After Evil by John Hondros
Cover of the book Human Trafficking in Colonial Vietnam by John Hondros
Cover of the book Design and the Economics of Building by John Hondros
Cover of the book Political Change in South-East Asia by John Hondros
Cover of the book Citizens in the Making in Post-Soviet States by John Hondros
Cover of the book The Treason of the Intellectuals by John Hondros
Cover of the book Social Policy for Social Work, Social Care and the Caring Professions by John Hondros
Cover of the book The Treasury in Public Policy-Making by John Hondros
Cover of the book Religious Actors in the Public Sphere by John Hondros
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy