Dissertation (re)Intro

Once in awhile I rewrite an introduction to my dissertation to keep in practice explaining it, and to reveal to myself what changes have been taking place in my own thinking about the project, to suggest new directions and to refocus myself. Here’s what I came up with about a week ago.

What . . . → Read More: Dissertation (re)Intro

Reseach tools

Steven Johnson has a good essay on Boinboing detailing how he goes about writing a book, which is basically: reasearch like crazy, then sit down and write. One of the tools he mentions is Devonthink, which I’ve never used, and can’t because I don’t own a Mac.In the comments, someone posted a link to Windows . . . → Read More: Reseach tools

Diss mindmap

I made this mindmap probably a year ago, and much has changed, but I wanted to test the mind42.com mindmap publishing feature, so I just imported this old mindmap from freemind.mind42 via Bruce Eisner

Restate my assumptions

The emergence of digital technology has affected film production and spectatorship in several specific ways:

digital imaging has created malleable images, encouraging a reception environment that no longer privileges indexicality, in favor of a more spectacular aesthetics technology such as the GUI and video games has introduced interactivity into our notion of moving images the . . . → Read More: Restate my assumptions

Quarterlife

Here’s an edited, but still rough, excerpt from the chapter I am working on, on spectatorship and the internet. I won’t review the quality of the tv show here, just the technology.

The series Quarterlife follows the life of a video blogger, Dylan, and her mid-twenties friends. The show, consisting of 8 minute segments, “airs” . . . → Read More: Quarterlife