As someone who has subscribed to this listserv for approximately 25 years,
I am sorry, and sad, to see it end. I do appreciate the link to the
archives.

I also want to thank you, Jeremy, for all your work on this over the years
(and the University of Alabama for hosting it). It has been a wonderful
resource for me and others.

Best wishes to you for the future,

Barbara Baker

Barbara L. Baker, Ph.D.
Emerita Professor, Department of Communication
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO 64093
AND
Assistant Professor of Instruction
School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TX 75080

On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 8:25 PM Jeremy Butler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello, Screen-L subscribers,
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> The time has come for Screen-L to end its three-decade run.
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> Its first non-test message was submitted by Chris Amirault on Wednesday,
> 20 March 1991 at 19:15:43. I know these specifics because the ENTIRE
> Screen-L archive is online over here:
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> https://listserv.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=SCREEN-L
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> Screen-L was the first email discussion list devoted solely to film and TV
> studies—at a time when email was still a new-fangled communication service.
> I like to think that over the past 33 years it has provided a useful
> resource for folks to discuss projects, exchange ideas, solicit papers,
> announce new work, and network with like-minded individuals they might
> never meet face-to-face. In recent years, however, email discussion lists
> have been largely eclipsed by social media. And the messages submitted to
> Screen-L have become fewer and fewer.
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> I want to thank all of you for participating in Screen-L. Without its
> subscribers a discussion list would truly serve no purpose. I also must
> thank the University of Alabama, which has generously hosted it from the
> beginning.
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> I’m still working on the logistics of “sundowning” Screen-L. For one
> thing, I want to make sure that its archives don’t disappear from the
> Internet. And so my plan is to straighten a few things out and then for
> Screen-L to stop accepting new messages on March 31, 2024.
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> Thanks!
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> Jeremy
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> Screen-L founder and “owner” (but, really, Screen-L has always been owned
> by its subscribers)
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> Jeremy Butler, PhD
> [log in to unmask]
> Professor Emeritus of Film and TV Studies
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> Blount Senior Fellow
> University of Alabama
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> ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives:
> https://listserv.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html
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