دانلود کتاب Rethinking Cultural Criticism: New Voices in the Digital Age

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Preface Contents Notes on Contributors List of Figures List of Tables 1 Introduction: Rethinking Cultural Criticism—New Voices in the Digital Age Culture and Criticism Cultural Criticism in the Digital Age Chapter Outline References 2 Public Intellectuals on New Platforms: Constructing Critical Authority in a Digital Media Culture Introduction The Public Intellectual as a Critical Meta-Position Public Intellectual Authority Qualification Institutions Media Discourse Personality Users Conclusion References 3 The Use of Wine as a Performance of a Style of Being: A Methodological Proposal to the Study of Persona-Driven Cultural Criticism Introduction Theoretical Foundation Analytical Conceptualization Theatricality Body Voice Spatiality Personal Narrative Performance Methodological Design The Case Analysis Creating Intimacy The Functions of the Wine Being Different Concluding Remarks References 4 Fans, Fun and Homophobia: Mischievous Criticism on the Czecho-Slovak Film Database Introduction Toward Affective Fan Criticism Methodology Mischievous Criticism as Word Play Mischievous Criticism as Evaluation Mischievous Criticism as (Un)Regulated Practice Conclusion References 5 When Golden Globes and Stars Align: The Awards Show as a Platform for Cultural Criticism Introduction Theory Elements of Cultural Criticism and Alternative Cultural Critics Cultural Awards and Movie Awards Live Media Events and the Three Scripts Methodology Analysis Part I: The Golden Globe Awards Show: Awards as “Selection-as-Evaluation” The Cultural Awards Show as Live Media Event and the Movie Awards Show as Authority The President’s Speech and the Aesthetic Criteria Selection-as-Evaluation: Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Series in 2018 The Industry’s Quality Criteria Vs. Award Winners Analysis Part II. The Golden Globe Awards Show: Acceptance Speeches and Cultural Evaluation The Personal History Strategy: “My Mama Was an Advocate for the Women’s Movement” The Artwork-as-Reference Strategy: “We no Longer Live in the Gaps Between Stories” Strategies of Evaluation: When Film Stars Share Their Taste in Movies Conclusion References 6 The Dual Strategic Persona: Emotional Connection, Algorithms and the Transformation of Contemporary Online Reviewers Introduction Shaping Information … and Opinion and Commentary—A Brief History Presentational Media and Cultural Regime and Its Restructure of Commentary Pandemic Persona: The Privilege of the Self in Its Real Ordinariness The Aggregated Critic Persona Versus the Critic/Reviewer Persona: Rotten Tomatoes’ Dual Personas Making the Online Critical Persona—The Case 1: “Individually Approved” Mae Abdulbaki Case 2: High Visibility, Video Platforming and the New Personalized Critic Persona: YouTube, Chris Stuckmann and Jeremy Jahns Extrapolations and Implications of the New Reviewer Persona: Conclusion References 7 How Has the Role of Newspaper-Based TV Critics Been Redefined in a Digital Media Landscape? Introduction Approach Legacy Media (Mass Media) and the TV Critic The Media, Digitalization and the TV Critic Orientations of Change Knowledge Orientation: What Is Television? What Is the Focus of TV Criticism? Audience Orientation: Mediated-Interactive Debates Power Orientation: Niche TV, Niche Criticism Time Orientation: (Non)Synchronous TV, (Non)Synchronous TV Criticism Ethical Orientations: Critics and Television Values Conclusion: The Move to Liquid Criticism? Main Television Pages Analyzed 8 Digital Media in the Visual Art World: A Renewed Relationship with the Market Introduction The Pivotal Role of Art Criticism in the Visual Art World Exhibition Reviews and Art Magazines New Players: Artsy Magazine and Artnet News as Case Studies Presentation of the Cases Studying Artsy Magazine and Artnet News Analysis of Media Content New Dynamics: The Emergence of Branded Content in the Art World Branded Content Ethics and Judgments in this New Environment Conclusion References 9 Young Voices, New Qualities? Children Reviewers as Vernacular Reviewers of Cultural Products Introduction Vernacular Turn in Cultural Communication Children as Online Media Producers Methodological Setup Framework of User-Generated Reviewing Children as Amateur Reviewers Children as Consumer Reviewers Children as Pro-Am Reviewers Discussion Conclusion References 10 The Survival of the Critic: Audiences’ Use of Cultural Information and Cultural Reviews in Legacy Media Introduction Research Contexts Audience Research in a Changed Media Ecology Cultural Journalism and Cultural Reviews in a Changed Media Ecology The Danish Context Methodology Analysis Danes’ Broader Interests in Cultural Information Media Platforms and Their Trustworthiness Personal Relations as a Central and Trusted Entrance to Information about Culture Social Media Frequently Used but Rarely Trusted Professionalised and Trusted Communication by Cultural Institutions Legacy Media Challenged but Highly Trusted The Perception of Cultural Reviews in Legacy Media The Role of Professional Critics and Cultural Journalists in a Changed News Ecology Conclusion References 11 Where to Look Next for a Shot of Culture? Repertoires of Cultural Information Production and Consumption on the Internet Introduction Setting the Stage: Developments in Cultural Journalism and Cultural Criticism Explaining User-Generated Content in the Cultural Domain Method Internet Affordances Background Variables Statistical Analysis Results Conclusion Appendix 1 References Index