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Through the analysis of examples that range from cutting-edge Hollywood blockbusters to viral films on the internet, and from Victorian cinema to the present, the contributors to this volume discuss the ways in which thinking about technology is crucial to understanding cinema's forms, significance and impact upon audiences.
About the authors
MARIE-LUISE ANGERER is Principal of the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, Germany
ANDREW CLAY is Senior Lecturer in Critical Technical Practices at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
JAMES ELKINS is E.C. Chadbourne Professor in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
THOMAS ELSAESSER is Professor in the Department of Media and Culture and Director of Research, Film and Television at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
JAN HARRIS is an independent scholar whose research is concerned with the impact of new media on cultural forms, and the philosophy of technology
MICHELLE LANGFORD is Lecturer in Film Studies in the School of English, Media and Performing Arts at the University of New South Wales, Australia
PETER LESTER is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
MAJA MANOJLOVIC is a Ph.D. Candidate in Cinema and Media Studies at the UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, USA
PAUL S. MOORE is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada
KATE O'RIORDAN is Lecturer in Media and Film at the University of Sussex, UK
CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUES lectures in Media Arts at the University of Plymouth, UK
BILL SCHAFFER teaches Film and Animation Studies at the University of Newcastle, Australia
AYLISH WOOD is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Kent, UK
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cinema and Technology
Book Subtitle: Cultures, Theories, Practices
Editors: B. Bennett, M. Furstenau, A. Mackenzie
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-52477-4Published: 27 November 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 265
Topics: Film History, Screen Studies, Industries