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<big><big>Greetings again,<br>
<br>
In preparation for the <a
href="http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/videovortex/6amsterdam">Video
Vortex #6 conference</a>, I have been scanning through some of
the latest research on online video. <br>
<br>
In 2005 when I finished my look at the Internet as a new field
of cultural production in <i><a
href="http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Mind-Digital-Anti-Capitalist-Movement/dp/0802038182/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2">The
Empire of Mind</a></i>, I noted that much media theory
surrounding the Internet suffers from the disease of
philosophical excess -- grand pronouncements that are poorly
grounded in the actuality of media use and audience experiences.
Realizing that I too have been guilty of the occasional moment
of excess, I nonetheless find that current thinking on online
video also suffers from a fair amount of overgeneralizations and
highly theorectical claims that are poorly grounded in the
contradictory and heterogeneous field of online video practices,
particularly the domestic, the everyday, and the mundane.<br>
<br>
Hoping to generate some video-based preconference dialogue, I
offer two more brief grand pronouncements of my own <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca1nVeMWQn8">here</a> and
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDz9dKHF7wo">here</a>.<br>
<br>
It strikes me that we should not too quickly rush off into the
future of online video studies, as we are still having great
difficulty identifying just what exactly is going on online in
the present!<br>
<br>
My wife and I are looking forward to meeting many of you at VV
#6.<br>
<br>
Dr. Strangelove<br>
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