Author Archive for: ‘Tom Salek’

Paola Voci, China on Video: Smaller-screen realities New York: Routledge, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-415-46452-9 US$140 (hb) 259pp (Review copy supplied by Routledge) Twelve years into the 21st Century, most members of Western society would agree that new technologies have changed their lives immensely. Through technological devices like smartphones and computers, as well as social network platforms like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, …

Joe Kember, Marketing Modernity: Victorian Popular Shows and Early Cinema Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-85989-801-0 £47.50 (hb) 288pp (Review copy supplied by University of Exeter Press) New media forms don’t emerge in a vacuum. They evolve over time through technological advancements and cultural demands. Cinema is no exception. While some early films may have awed audiences, as …