{"product_id":"film-criticism-in-the-digital-age-hardback-9780813570730","title":"Film Criticism in the Digital Age (Hardback) 9780813570730","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFilm Criticism in the Digital Age\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMattias Frey (Edited by), Cecilia Sayad (Edited by), Mattias Frey (Contributions by), Greg Taylor (Contributions by), Cecilia Sayad (Contributions by), Daniel McNeil (Contributions by), Giacomo Manzoli (Contributions by), Paolo Noto (Contributions by), Maria San Filippo (Contributions by), Noah Tsika (Contributions by), Anne Hurault-Paupe (Contributions by), Outi Hakola (Contributions by), Thomas Elsaesser (Contributions by), Jasmina Kallay (Contributions by), Armond White (Contributions by), Nick James (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813570730\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 April 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e284 pages, 3 photos, 3 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Offers such distinguished critics as Armond White and Nick James a chance to weight in on the need for informed, responsible film criticism in the digital era… Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Frey and Sayad assemble both academic and popular analyses on the dearth – perhaps death – of the working film critic, caught up and rubbed out in the brave new World Wide Web of bottomless blogs and 14-character tweets. Refusing a simplistic 'thumbs up\/thumbs down' approach, this useful if fitful anthology merits several stars.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Film and Video) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This is a great and highly important volume for film studies as a discipline and cultural and media studies more generally.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Dana Polan (New York University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Frey and Sayad assemble both academic and popular analyses on the dearth – perhaps death – of the working film critic, caught up and rubbed out in the brave new World Wide Web of bottomless blogs and 14-character tweets. Refusing a simplistic 'thumbs up\/thumbs down' approach, this useful if fitful anthology merits several stars.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Journal of Film and Video) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This is a great and highly important volume for film studies as a discipline and cultural and media studies more generally.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Dana Polan (New York University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Offers such distinguished critics as Armond White and Nick James a chance to weight in on the need for informed, responsible film criticism in the digital era… Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eOver the past decade, as digital media has expanded and print outlets have declined, pundits have bemoaned a “crisis of criticism” and mourned the “death of the critic.” Now that well-paying jobs in film criticism have largely evaporated, while blogs, message boards, and social media have given new meaning to the saying that “everyone’s a critic,” urgent questions have emerged about the status and purpose of film criticism in the twenty-first century. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFilm Criticism in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e, ten scholars from across the globe come together to consider whether we are witnessing the extinction of serious film criticism or seeing the start of its rebirth in a new form. Drawing from a wide variety of case studies and methodological perspectives, the book’s contributors find many signs of the film critic’s declining clout, but they also locate surprising examples of how critics-whether moonlighting bloggers or salaried writers-have been able to intervene in current popular discourse about arts and culture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn addition to collecting a plethora of scholarly perspectives, \u003ci\u003eFilm Criticism in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e includes statements from key bloggers and print critics, like Armond White and Nick James. Neither an uncritical celebration of digital culture nor a jeremiad against it, this anthology offers a comprehensive look at the challenges and possibilities that the Internet brings to the evaluation, promotion, and explanation of artistic works. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart I: The Critic and the Audience\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 1. Thumbs in the Crowd: Artists and Audiences in the Post-Vanguard World\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 2: Critics Through Authors: Dialogues, Similarities, and the Sense of a Crisis\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 3. “\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Honest Film Critic in America”\u003cbr\u003e: Armond White and the Children of James Baldwin\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart II: New Forms and Activities\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 4. The New Democracy? Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Twitter, and IMDb\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 5. The Price of Conservation: Online Video Criticism of Film in Italy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 6. Before and After AfterEllen: Online Queer Cinephile Communities as Critical Counterpublics\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 7. Elevating the “\u003cbr\u003eAmateur”\u003cbr\u003e: NollywoodCritics and the Politics of Diasporic Film Criticism\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart III: Institutions and the Profession\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 8. American Nationwide Associations of Film Critics in the Internet Era\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 9. Finnish Film Critics and the Uncertainties of the Profession in the Digital Age\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 10. The Social Function of Criticism\u003cbr\u003e or, Why Does the Cinema Have (to Have) a Soul?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart IV: Critics Speak\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 11. The Critic Is Dead . . .\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 12. What We Don’\u003cbr\u003et Talk About When We Talk About Movies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 13. 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