All Outputs (10)

Publishing screen media practice research: Evolving processes of contextualisation, peer review and future proofing in Screenworks (2018)
Journal Article
Crofts, C., & Nevill, A. (2018). Publishing screen media practice research: Evolving processes of contextualisation, peer review and future proofing in Screenworks. Media Practice and Education, 19(3), 283-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741136.2018.1529478

This article outlines current publishing practices in the field of academic filmmaking through a detailed discussion of the development of Screenworks, a peer-reviewed online publication of practice research in screen media. The imperative for academ... Read More about Publishing screen media practice research: Evolving processes of contextualisation, peer review and future proofing in Screenworks.

The poetics and politics of polyphony: Towards a research method for interactive documentary (2018)
Journal Article
Aston, J., & Odorico, S. (2018). The poetics and politics of polyphony: Towards a research method for interactive documentary. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 15, 63-93

This article stems from a panel we jointly convened at the i-Docs 2018 Symposium, where we presented a series of provocations with a view to generating a new theoretical framework for i-docs. These provocations were inspired by all aspects of Mikhail... Read More about The poetics and politics of polyphony: Towards a research method for interactive documentary.

Contributing to the creative economy imaginary: universities and the creative sector (2018)
Journal Article
Moreton, S. (2018). Contributing to the creative economy imaginary: universities and the creative sector. Cultural Trends, 27(5), 327-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/09548963.2018.1534575

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper explores the relationship between the creative economy and universities. As funders, educators and research bodies, universities have a complicated relationship with t... Read More about Contributing to the creative economy imaginary: universities and the creative sector.

Enacting polyphony: An interview with Florian Thalhofer (2018)
Journal Article
Thalhofer, F., Aston, J., & Odorico, S. (2018). Enacting polyphony: An interview with Florian Thalhofer. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 15, 106-112

Florian Thalhofer is a documentary filmmaker and the inventor of Korsakow, a software to create a new form of film and a principle to create a new kind of story. Florian’s system allows video makers to create nonlinear and interactive films and to te... Read More about Enacting polyphony: An interview with Florian Thalhofer.

I-Docs as intervention: The poetics and politics of polyphony (2018)
Journal Article
Aston, J., & Odorico, S. (2018). I-Docs as intervention: The poetics and politics of polyphony. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 15, 1-8

This special issue aims to analyse, reflect and raise questions on approaches to polyphony and complexity within i-docs. It also aims to begin to critically theorise this within the wider context of how media research methods can influence knowledge... Read More about I-Docs as intervention: The poetics and politics of polyphony.

Polyphony in practice: An interview with Sharon Daniel (2018)
Journal Article
Daniel, S., Aston, J., & Odorico, S. (2018). Polyphony in practice: An interview with Sharon Daniel. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 15, 94-105

Media artist Sharon Daniel has been involved with the i-Docs community since its inception—having presented her online documentaries and works in progress at all five i-Docs symposia that have taken place since 2011. We consider her to be a central a... Read More about Polyphony in practice: An interview with Sharon Daniel.

The immersive turn: Hype and hope in the emergence of virtual reality as a nonfiction platform (2018)
Journal Article
Rose, M. (2018). The immersive turn: Hype and hope in the emergence of virtual reality as a nonfiction platform. Studies in Documentary Film, 12(2), 132-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/17503280.2018.1496055

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article responds to the recent wave of experimentation with Virtual Reality (VR) as a nonfiction platform. Amidst daily announcements of new VR documentary initiatives, and... Read More about The immersive turn: Hype and hope in the emergence of virtual reality as a nonfiction platform.

Wrecked on the Intertidal Zone : Screenworks / Digital Ecologies and the Anthropocene (2018)
Journal Article
Oldham, A. (2018). Wrecked on the Intertidal Zone : Screenworks / Digital Ecologies and the Anthropocene. Screenworks, 8(2),

This paper develops the research outcomes of the Wrecked on the Intertidal Zone project, drawing out some of its key themes in relation to the online Screenworks volume "Digital Cultures and the Anthropocene".

Digital Propaganda: The Tyranny of Ignorance (2018)
Journal Article
Sparkes-Vian, C. (2019). Digital Propaganda: The Tyranny of Ignorance. Critical Sociology, 45(3), 393-409. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920517754241

© The Author(s) 2018. The existence of propaganda is inexorably bound to the nature of communication and communications technology. Mass communication by citizens in the digital age has been heralded as a means to counter elite propaganda; however, i... Read More about Digital Propaganda: The Tyranny of Ignorance.

Technologies of seeing and technologies of corporeality: Currents in nonfiction virtual reality (2018)
Journal Article
Rose, M. (2018). Technologies of seeing and technologies of corporeality: Currents in nonfiction virtual reality

Surveying the contemporary nonfiction work being developed within the framework of VR, an opposition emerges between the promise of VR as escape from materiality and a promise of corporeal engagement. In this article, I consider how this opposition b... Read More about Technologies of seeing and technologies of corporeality: Currents in nonfiction virtual reality.