Issue 1: Video Stores
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Media Fields Journal!
This new online journal represents the latest development in a research initiative launched in UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Film and Media Studies in 2007. The goal of Media Fields is to provide a forum focused on the critical study of media and space, where we can dynamically present and openly debate the latest work from established and emerging scholars and practitioners. Each issue will have a theme—whether it is a topic of contemporary relevance; an exploration of a particular concept, media form, genre, or practice; or, as in this issue, a specific media space: the video rental store. (Read more...)
