Many of the recent posts regarding topics such as PBS funding and
the interpretation of music videos have strayed from SCREEN-L's
guidelines. I've been holding to the principle that the best
moderating is the least moderating, but there've been a couple of posts I
let through only after my finger hovered over the DELETE key for
a several seconds.
Please, folks, let's keep things civil...
SCREEN-L'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLE
SCREEN-L is designed for persons teaching, researching, and
making film and television--whether they are film/TV
educators, students, professionals, media librarians, or
self-schooled fans. Discussion, therefore, is invited
regarding film/TV criticism, theory, history, production
issues, and teaching.
In other words, SCREEN-L messages should somehow relate to
the *study* of film and TV, not just the casual enjoyment of
these media. This is interpreted rather broadly. Postings
to SCREEN-L need not be dry, didactic treatises from which
all joy has been crushed. But also, they should not noodle
on about, say, the poster's penchant for full-lipped actors.
CINEMA-L, a lively list also devoted to film, provides an
entertaining forum for folks wanting to chat more informally
about the movies. Its address is [log in to unmask] There
are other film and TV lists available as well. Contact Jeremy
Butler for more details.
SCREEN-L GUIDELINES
1. SCREEN-L messages should maintain a sense of collegial
respect for SCREEN-L's subscribers, even when disagreeing
with the opinions of others.
Personal attacks on subscribers will not be tolerated.
2. Identities are not always clear from the headers sent with e-
mail messages. It's always a good idea to sign your message
with something more human sounding than your e-mail address
(e.g., Jeremy Butler rather than [log in to unmask]).
3. Each SCREEN-L message should include a descriptive "subject"
heading.
SCREEN-L's "digest" (see below) and most e-mail systems use
subject lines in their listing of messages. Descriptive
subject lines greatly facilitate subscribers' use of SCREEN-L.
4. SCREEN-L messages are sent to hundreds of subscribers. Users
should avoid sending personal messages to a single person
through SCREEN-L.
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The first thing the communists will do when they take over a country
is to outlaw cockfighting.
--John Monks, Oklahoma state senator, while
defending cockfighting (1994)
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| Jeremy Butler - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [log in to unmask] |
| SCREEN-L Coordinator |
| Telecommunication & Film Dept * The University of Alabama * Tuscaloosa |
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