Towards a Methodology of Unwatched Digital Media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22124998 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lauren S Berliner (0000-0002-2479-4197, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 219-230 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Media Histories (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2373-7492 • E-ISSN: 2373-7492 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/fmh.2022.8.2.219 |
| OpenAlex | W4285202639 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Cinema and Media Studies scholarship has historically been grounded in examining media that has been deemed significant. Whether that significance has been determined to be social, aesthetic, political, or even economic, our focus has been trained on understanding and explaining its import. In the age of digital media networks, we now have the added metrics of shares and likes to support our methods of media consumption and engagement, or at the least confirm that there is indeed an active audience. Building from established approaches in the field, this article seeks to bring attention to the digital media landscape to ask, what do digital audiovisual media that have been posted online but do not circulate have to offer? A close textual analysis of several such videos is used to advocate for a methodology to elucidate the themes, identities, and production practices that are escaping (algorithmically informed) representation
Advertising · Art · Digital media · Media consumption · Media studies · Movie theater · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Scholarship · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · World Wide Web · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Media Studies and Communication
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |