Daniel:
you're right to identify the new pay-as-you-view model as a fundamental
shift in the "broadcasting" landscape. There's lots out there on this
topic, but most of it scattershot and impressionistic or highly
theoretical -- understandable, given the speed of developments.
Theoretical: Marike Finlay, _Powermatics: A Discursive Critique of New
Technology_; Hill, Stephen, _The Tragedy of Technology_; Mosco and Wasko,
eds, _The Political Economy of Information_; Wilson, Kevin, _Technologies
of Control_. Ithiel de Sola Pool's books, and articles by Nicholas
negroponte, e.g. "Products and Services for Computer Networks" in
_Scientific American_ Sept. 1991, and James Carey have also been helpfu to
me. David Rosen and I have written on some of these issues in _the Off
Hollywood Report_ a couple of years ago, and the National Video Resources
organization in new York has published some useful free handouts,
including Rosen's piece and one by Jeff Chester and elizabeth Montgomery.
finally, the forthcoming issue of _the Independent_ will deal with all of
this from an independent
media maker's point of view, and don't forgot Mitch Kapoor's Electronic
Freedom Foundation, which sometimes mentions this issue.
All the best,
James Schamus
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