Noises offscreen
Could a crisis of confidence be good for media studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10496309 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Durant (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 407-428 |
| Publication date | 1991-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Screen (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-9543 • E-ISSN: 1460-2474 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/screen/32.4.407 |
| OpenAlex | W1968636842 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
In this article, I explore a number of current difficulties of definition and practice within media studies I suggest that, collectively, these may give rise to a 'crisis of confidence' in the field After assessing the relationship between media studies and other fields, especially English studies, I comment on three particular problems in media studies' issues of analytic method, issues of history and issues of language. Work in each of these areas has been made more, rather than less, problematic, as the result of media studies' evident aim of disentangling itself from the baggage of those disciplines from which it emerged historically I do not suggest that media studies is therefore without value. Far from it: the need is overwhelming But agreeing on the existence of a need \ndoes not guarantee the suitability of existing responses to that need - hence the questions I want to ask
Art · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2013 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |