In this issue:
Welcome to the Winter 2011 issue of Mediascape, which explores the complex notions of the local and global as they intersect with media: industries and studies; cultures of production, distribution, exhibition and reception; as well as the text itself. Some of the questions this issue engages with include: In what ways does the global marketplace facilitate local products and productions? Read More...
Features:
From Synthespian to Avatar: Re-framing the Digital Human in Final Fantasy and The Polar Express
By Jessica Aldred
Tsuruko Aoki: Wife, Lover, Transcultural Star
(visual essay)
By Bryan Hikari Hartzheim
Pop Music and Wong Kar-wai (visual essay)
By Brian Hu
Impact on Soft Power of Cultural Mobility: Japan to East Asia
By Seiko Yasumoto
Reviews:
Suturing the Wound of Globalization: Immigration and Organs in Dirty Pretty Things
By Abby Hinsman
Coming of Age in Media/Cultural Studies: Critical Approaches
By Dennis Lo
Meta:
Small Cinemas: How They Thrive and Why They Matter
By Mette Hjort
Roundtable Discussion on the Local and Global in Media Studies
Respondents: Amelie Hastie, Roshanak Khesti & Laura U. Marks
Columns:
Introduction
By Ross Lenihan & Ben Sampson
Robert Greenwald Interview
By Ross Lenihan & Ben Sampson
Ina Inaba Interview
By Ross Lenihan
Amie Williams Interview
By Ben Sampson
Globalization, Digital Films, and New Directions in Documentary
By Tom Zaniello
Speculations on the Virtual and the Viral Witness to Human Rights Crises
By Sam Gregory and Patricia Zimmermann
Columns:
Local/Global in Documentary Films: Traditional Media and New Media (video interview)
By Ross Lenihan & Ben Sampson
Local/Global in Documentary Films: Short Format vs Long Format (video interview)
By Ross Lenihan & Ben Sampson
Local/Global in Documentary Films: New Media and Social Change (video interview)
By Ross Lenihan & Ben Sampson
Local/Global in Documentary Films: Effectiveness of Advocacy Media (video interview)
By Ross Lenihan & Ben Sampson
