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The best bits: Non-narrative pleasures and creative practice

Partington, Angela

Authors

Angela Partington



Abstract

This article is a discussion about the development of media practice both as a creative endeavour and as the collaborative interaction with audiences. It argues that innovations in media practice are dependent on the relationships between practitioners and viewers and that in order to work as ‘cultural intermediaries’, media practitioners need an understanding of how audiences’ relationships with media forms (specifically the ways in which viewers use them to experience shared pleasures) drive innovations in practice. It is also intended as a contribution to the development of Visual Culture as a discipline which is distinct from older critical discourses such as Art History and Film Studies, insofar as its ‘objects’ of study are the practices of looking/watching, rather than images/visual forms as fetished objects. Any critical discourse which aspires to understand the emergence/development of contemporary media forms needs to focus on the ways in which audiences use them, rather than on aspects of ‘form’ such as narrative. © 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Citation

Partington, A. (2008). The best bits: Non-narrative pleasures and creative practice. Journal of Media Practice, 9(1), 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.9.1.9_1

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2008
Journal Journal of Media Practice
Print ISSN 1468-2753
Electronic ISSN 2040-0926
Publisher Taylor and Francis
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 9
Issue 1
Pages 9-18
DOI https://doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.9.1.9_1
Keywords creativity, pleasure, spectacle, audience-participation
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1020987
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jmpr.9.1.9_1




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