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Still Fighting “The Beast”: Guerrilla Television and the Limits of Youtube

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Cultural Politics, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 97 - 119

Swansea University Author: William Merrin Orcid Logo

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This critical reflection on the work of the Raindance Corporation and Michael Shamberg and their manifesto, Guerrilla Television (1971), considers their video activism as a precursor to both YouTube and contemporary “participatory culture” and offers an important critique of these later forms. The e...

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Published: Cultural Politics 2012
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