![]() At a time when other venues are disappearing or-as in the case of the venerable Film Criticism-shifting to an online presence only, this development raises some concern about the direction of print film criticism.Īs is customary for each issue of the Bibliography, we like to note some of the specific trends appearing in the recent year's body of criticism-trends usually tracked by noting the various special topics that journals take on in the year, and by observing the sheer number of articles in the Bibliography's various categories, weighed against the numbers found in previous years' editions. ![]() ![]() This year's Bibliography chronicles not quite a scaling back in the number of those journals, but a shift in publishers, as Intellect has now ceded more than half of those relatively new publications to Taylor and Francis-a move that could raise a question about the viability of so many pointedly academic and specialized journals. Several times in the last few years we have remarked on the rapid increase in the number of highly specialized journals publishing in film and media studies, many sponsored by Intellect Books. We might begin by noting a recent development in journal publishing. While a bit later than usual, the 2013 edition of Post Script's Annual Bibliography of Film Studies still hopes to offer a timely point of access to the latest film and media criticism, along with some small insight into current directions in the area.
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