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Welcome to Scan, hosted by the Media Department, Macquarie University.

A refereed journal of media arts and culture, published three times a year.
Vol 6 Number 3 December 2009
Authorship and the Documentary
Edited by Maree Delofski & Virginia Madsen
This issue of SCAN canvasses the notion of authorship with reference to contemporary documentary forms across radio, film and television. Over the past decade there has been much talk of a ‘renaissance’ in radio documentary, while image-based documentary is expanding on television and finding new forms on the internet. At the same time, the idea of formal authorship has never had less currency in the industry, and documentary makers, as with other producers, whether for television or radio, find themselves referred to by broadcasters (both public and private) simply as ‘content providers’. Indeed, the ‘authorship’ of any single broadcast work appears to be claimed by the corporate entity while the makers are ‘disappeared’ behind the on-air promotion of the program itself.

A magazine of media arts essays, reviews and other pieces.
NEW TO THE MAGAZINE:
Writing Lives: Revealing Families by Willa McDonald
Book Review: The Illusion of Life II: More Essays on Animation, edited by Alan Cholodenko (2007, Power Publications) by Lisa Bode
Determined Indeterminacy A Review of THE THIRD MIND at Le Palais de Tokyo Curated by Ugo Rondinone by Joseph Nechvatal
Our Digital Noology: Catherine Perret in conversation with Joseph Nechvatal by Catherine Perret

A gallery of multimedia works and sites.
NEW TO THE GALLERY:
Let Us Burn the Gondolas by Jonathan Walker
How to hold the Binoculars by Jack Randell
The Fourth Floor by Maria Miranda & Norie Neumark
Anomalies by Ellen Jantzen