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New Literature Denmark various fields meet in an inspiring Gives a survey of Scandinavian tele- exchange of concepts and ideas, pro- vision and its transition from a sys- Bromhead, Toni de: Looking two viding a substantial contribution to tem of public service monopolies to ways: documentary’s relationship our understanding of “audiences”. a multichannel system with satellite with cinema and reality. Århus, In- Contains among other things the stations, national private stations, tervention Press, 1996, 148 p., ISBN following articles: Introduction (Si- public service stations, and local 87-89825-13-6. gurjon Baldur Hafsteinsson), Less is stations, including a study of the In this study of fiction and docu- more: media ethnography and its production of Scandinavian televi- mentary film-making, the author limits (Kirsten Drotner), Television sion fiction. challenges the traditional distinction as a moral issue (Pertti Alasuutari), between documentary and fiction, Text and context in ethnographic Prehn, Ole: From cultural and demo- claiming that perceiving the distinc- film: or ”To whom it may concern” cratic ambitions to the hardships of tion as an opposition between real- (Peter Ian Crawford), Meanings, the marketplace: the development of local radio in Scandinavia. Aalborg, ity and fantasy no longer seems use- texts, contexts: tracing the spectator Aalborg Universitet, 1996, 13 p., ful. in post-structuralist film theory (Vei- (Aalborg Universitet, Institut for jo Hietala). Kommunikation). Note: Proposal for Crawford, Peter I. (ed.); Hafsteins- a paper to be presented at the IV son, Sigurjon Baldur (ed.): The con- Conference on ”European Culture”, IT in figures 1996 – 23 pictures of struction of the viewer: media ethno- Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, the info-society: (appendix to the IT graphy and the anthropology of October 23-26 1996. audiences. Århus, Intervention policy statement and action plan Press, 1996, 310 p., ISBN 87-89825- 1996). København, Ministry of Re- On the development of local radio 06-3, (Proceedings from NAFA; 3), search and Information Technology, in the Scandinavian countries. The ISSN 0907-2454. 1996, 64 p., ISBN 87-90007-50-6. paper describes the development of (Forskningsministeriet). Note: Transl. In recent years audience research in from Danish by: Svend Vesterli and structure and policy in the three cinema and media studies has tur- Jason King. countries and shows how ongoing ned to ethnography to find ways in The report is part of the basis of the liberalisation in order to secure the which qualitative research methods thinking presented in this year’s IT stations economically has totally could be improved in attempts to policy statement and action plan changed the envisaged development reach beyond the limitations of ”The info-society for all – the Danish into a situation, where the cultural quantitative research. Visual anthro- model”. and democratic merits of local radio pology, on the other hand, has in- has been marginalised as a fringe activity. creasingly searched theoretical in- Nielsen, Poul Erik: Scandinavian spiration in fields outside anthro- television fiction in transition. År- pology itself, including cinema and hus, Århus Universitet, 1996, 15 p., The info-society for all – the Danish media studies as well as documen- (Århus Universitet, Institut for In- model: IT policy statement 1996 to formations- og Medievidenskab). tary film theory. In this volume, con- Note: Paper presented to the Con- the Folketing and IT policy action taining both general theoretical work ference Eurofiction, Firenze, April plan 1996. København, Ministry of and more specific case studies, the 1996. Research and Information Techno- 1 logy, 1996, 72 p., ISBN 87-90007- readers in the 1990s. In: Nava, Mica; Bondebjerg), Glamour, ghetto, and 49-2. (Forskningsministeriet). Note: Blake, Andrew; MacRury, Iain; e.a. wasteland: Los Angeles as film back- (eds.): Buy this book: studies in ad- Transl. from Danish by: Svend Ves- vertising and consumption, London, drop (Torben Kragh Grodal), Reel terli and Jason King. Routledge, 1997, 355 p., ISBN 0- cities and sound scapes (Palle 415-14131-1, pp. 276-290. Schantz Lauridsen), Mapping the The report is the Government’s state- Starting from the fact that there has unseen: the spatial construction of ment of IT policy to the Danish Par- sound and musical space (Birger liament following up the results of been a significant increase in Bri- Langkjær), The forms of film hu- the first IT policy action plan issued tish corporate responsibility adver- in March 1995, which raised for tisements between 1981 and 1991, mour: three examples of satire (Len- discussion new political targets and the article analyses what happens nard Højbjerg), Media movies: a hy- initiatives. when this increased number of cor- perconscious aesthetic of film (Helle Tomaselli, Keyan G.: Appropriating porate responsibility ads meet their Kannik Haastrup), Documentary images: the semiotics of visual re- readers. Do readers notice them at film: reflections of one hundred presentation. Århus, Intervention years’ use of a medium (Karsten Fle- Press, 1996, 332 p., ISBN 87-89825- all? Do they notice that they are not 05-5. ”ordinary ads”? And what sense do delius). A study of visual anthropology and they make of them – do they read ethnographic film-making. Firstly, them in the spirit in which the cor- by using a single interpretive para- porate communicators conceptua- Finland digm – derived from semiotics – to lised them, or do they reject the discuss a wide variety of documen- claims made for corporate concern, Huovila, Tapani: Layout as a mes- tary films and some of the issues invitations to dialogue, etc? sage. Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän ylio- pisto, 1996, 84 p., ISBN 951-34- which have most bedevilled the dis- Tybjerg, Casper (ed.); Schepelern, 0834-5, (Publications of the Depart- cussion of film by visual anthro- Peter (ed.): Special issue: A century ment of Communication; 15). pologists. Secondly, by an explicit of cinema. Sekvens. Filmvidenska- The author of this work examines concern with the political context belig Årbog (1995/1996), temanum- the layout and graphic design in within which anthropologists and mer, 204 p., ISBN 87-89505-15-8, newspapers, magazines and perio- ethnographic film-makers do their ISSN 0106-2484. (Københavns Uni- versitet, Institut for Film- og Medie- dicals. He looks at the choosing of work. videnskab). visual elements and design for this The yearbook looks back on a cen- kind of publications. He also dis- Utterström, Thomas: Commercial communications: report from a semi- tury of films and film shows. Within cusses the typography, or different nar in Stockholm, 26th of August its covers, it comprises articles on types of texts, as well as layout and 1996. København, Nordic Council cinema history that survey some of the use of colours. of Ministers, 1997, 56 p., ISBN 92- its long lines and others that take a 9120-993-7, (TemaNord; 1997:505), close view of some of its small de- Karttunen, Sari: Suomessa liikkuvat (Consumer), ISSN 0908-6692. (Nor- tails, as well as articles where the liikkuvat kuvat 1996: tilastoja tele- disk Ministerråd). visio-, elokuva- ja videotarjonnasta main focus is less on past history In November 1992 the European ja televisio-ohjelmien viennistä = than on present theoretical issues. Commission decided to review its Moving images in Finland 1996. Contains the following articles: (Moving images in Finland in 1996: future policy approach in the field statistics on television, cinema and of what was called commercial com- Becoming culture: cinema friends video programmes and export of te- munications. The Commission de- and cinema enemies (Peter Sche- levision programmes.) Helsinki, Ti- cided that this review should be pub- lastokeskus, 1996, 80 p., (Kulttuuri pelern), The influence of European lic in the form of a Green paper. The ja viestintä; 1996, 1 ), ISSN 0784- feature films in the United States 8765. (Statistics Finland). Note: aim of this report is to form a basis 1909-1914 (Thomas Christensen), English summary pp. 41-50, Tables for a discussion of the Green paper. Old legends in modern dress: Faust also in English It seems natural that the seminar and in Danish silent film (Casper Ty- This report deals with the audio- the final report can be used as a basis bjerg), American fan magazinens in visual offerings of mass media from for national comments on the Green the ‘30s and the glamorous con- the point of view of television, vi- paper. struction of femininity (Anne Jers- deo and film in Finland. The author lev), Film comedy, modernization, has examined especially the films Schrøder, Kim Christian: Cynicism and ambiguity: British corporate res- and gender roles: aspects of roman- available at film festivals, in film ponsibility advertisements and their tic comedy in Danish cinema (Ib centres, in clubs and in municipal 2 film projections. In speaking of the Sauri, Tuomo: Joukkoviestinnän ra- their tentative new interventions on video offerings, the report also exa- kenne ja talous 1986-1995/96 = De- this topic. velopment of the mass media in Fin- mines the video loan services pro- land 1986-1995/6. (Development of vided by public libraries. the mass media in Finland 1986- Lowe, Gregory Ferrell; Alm, Ari: 1995/6.) Helsinki, Tilastokeskus, Public service broadcasting as cultu- Kempf, Wilhelm; Luostarinen, 1997, 63 p., ISBN 951-727-291-X, ral industry: value transformation in Heikki: New world order rhetorics: (Kulttuuri ja viestintä; 1996, 2), the Finnish market-place. 12 (1997) a comparative study of American and ISSN 0784-8765. (Statistics Finland) 2, ISSN 0267-3231, pp. 169-191. European media during the Gulf war. Note: Summary pp. 52-59, tables Value transformation in Finland’s (Konstanz), (Universität Konstanz), also in English. public service broadcasting com- 1997, 11 p., (Diskussionsbeiträge This publication analyses the struc- pany, Yleisradio is analysed as a der Projektgruppe Friedensforsch- ung, Projekt 13/85 & 590/95, Uni- ture of Finnish mass communication professional market connected with versität Konstanz; 35, 1).