Long live newsreels. The dissemination of actuality films in online archives

Authors

  • Ana Filipa Martins Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
  • Olivia Novoa Fernández Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
  • Ignacio Aguaded Universidad de Huelva, España

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2021.vi22.11737

Keywords:

Newsreels, online archives, audiovisual memory, digital media, infotainment, media literacy

Abstract

For some decades, the recognition of the value of actuality films and its discussion as a record of the past was limited to the archival, historical and audiovisual production fields. Arousing interest mainly for their memorial or curious nature, thanks to digitalisation, these films reach new audiences through their dissemination on websites and social networks, of different natures and for various purposes. Taking as our starting point an interest in discussing these new online contexts, we propose a reflection on the forms of presentation and assessment of these images in public and commercial archives. Based on a descriptive sheet and a series of indicators on access to information, interaction, the use of social networks and the contextualisation of contents, we analyse the websites of Gaumont Pathé Archives, British Pathé, Archivo Histórico NO-DO and Archivio Luce.  We assume that the extinct newsreels, as a precursor genre of audiovisual infotainment, survive in the light of new readings, strategies and uses, with implications for memory and media literacy.

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Author Biographies

  • Ana Filipa Martins, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

    PhD in Communication (2020) by the Interuniversity Doctorate Programme in Communication from the Universities of Seville, Malaga, Huelva and Cadiz. Master's Degree in Communication, Culture and Information Technology from ISCTE- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. She has a degree in Communication Sciences, with specialization in Audiovisuals and Interactive Media, from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Lecturer at the School of Education and Communication of the University of the Algarve (Portugal). Researcher at the CIAC-Centre for Research in Arts and Communication at the University of the Algarve.

  • Olivia Novoa Fernández, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

    PhD in Communication, Culture and Arts (2019) and master's degree in Communication, Culture and Arts with a specialization in Communication Sciences (2011) from the University of the Algarve (Portugal). Degree in Hispanic Philology (2002) from the University of Santiago de Compostela. Since 2011 she has been developing her research on media literacy and Portuguese and Spanish newsreels. Lecturer of Spanish language and culture at the Human and Social Science Faculty, and Media History, at the School of Education and Communication of the University of Algarve.

  • Ignacio Aguaded, Universidad de Huelva, España

    Full Professor at the University of Huelva (Spain), expert in Education in Communication and Emerging Technologies in Education. Doctor in Psychopedagogy, Teacher, Graduate in Education Sciences and in Hispanic Philology. President and founder of Grupo Comunicar, a veteran group in Spain in "Media Literacy", and Editor-in-Chief of "Comunicar" (indexed in JCR-Q1, Scopus-Q-1, ERIH+, RECYT...). Dr. Ignacio Aguaded has been Vice-Rector of the University of Huelva in Technologies, Innovation and Quality (2005-12), where he was also awarded the "Best Researcher of the University of Huelva 2015" award in Social Sciences (AIQB). Principal Investigator (PI) of the "Ágora" Research Group of the Andalusian Research Plan (HUM-648), he coordinates several research projects with international funding and participates in many training and research activities in the didactic use of the media. He is currently President of the Euro-American Inter-University Research Network on Media Competencies for Citizenship "Alfamed" (18 countries in Europe and America). He is the Director of the International Master's Degree in Communication and Audiovisual Education (UNIA/ UHU) since 2009 and the current Coordinator of the Interuniversity Doctorate Programme in Communication (US, UMA, UCA, UHU).

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Published

2021-01-29

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No. 22 (2021): The History of Photography in Latin America (19th and 20th Centuries)

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Miscellany

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Long live newsreels. The dissemination of actuality films in online archives. (2021). Fotocinema. Revista científica De Cine Y fotografía, 22, 397-426. https://doi.org/10.24310/Fotocinema.2021.vi22.11737
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