Over the past decade, the video camera has become a commonplace
household technology. With falling prices on compact and
easy-to-use cameras, as well as mobile phones and digital still
cameras with video recording capabilities, access to moving image
production technology is becoming virtually universal. "Home
Truths?" represents one of the few academic research studies
exploring this everyday, popular use of video production
technology, looking particularly at how families use and engage
with the technology and how it fits into the routines of everyday
life.
The authors draw on interviews, observations, and the
participants' videos themselves, seeking to paint a comprehensive
picture of the role of video making in their everyday lives. While
readers gain a sense of the individual characters involved in the
project and the complexities and diversities of their lives, the
analysis also raises a range of broader issues about the nature of
learning and creativity, subjectivity and representation, and the
"domestication" of technology---issues that are of interest to many
in the fields of sociology and media/cultural studies.
David Buckingham is Professor of Education at the Institute of
Education, University of London, and Director of the Institute's
Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media.
Rebekah Willett is Lecturer at the Institute of Education,
University of London, where she teaches in Media, Culture and
Communication.
Maria Pini previously worked as Lecturer in Media and
Communications at Goldsmiths College, London University, and is now
a researcher on the Camcorder Cultures project at the Institute of
Education.
Cover art: Young videomaker (c)iStockphoto.com/ kaisersosa67
Technologies of the Imagination: New Media in Everyday Life
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