ETHN goes critical

State of the art and future of

the new EUscreen e-journal

Andreas Fickers / Maastricht University

Blurred dreams of a tv historian The future of television history

Lecture at the annual conference of the IFTA (International Federation of Television Archives) in Brussels, September 2003.

EJOURNAL CONCEPT – EUSCREEN E-JOURNAL

CONCEPT

-Peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary multimedia e-journal in the field of TV studies -Showcases creative use of digitized TV material in scholarly and cultural work-Stimulates discussion between audiovisual heritage institutions and a broader community of television experts and amateurs

Mission Statement

-European / transnational TV -Bridge between archival and academic world-New way of exploring, using and studying audiovisual sources

E-JOURNAL

STRUCTURE

-Combination of scholarly articles / extended essays (peer reviewed) &- “Discovery” section: presenting new / interesting projects, initiatives, developments in the archival world

CONTENT

- Issue 1 / 2011Making Sense of Digitized Sources: The Challenge of Contextualization -Issue 2 / 2012Europe On and Behind the Screens-Issue / 2013European Television Memories

Managerial Structure

Editors:

Managing Editor: Kim Akass

Editorial Board:

Jérôme Bourdon (University of Tel Aviv)John Ellis (RHUL, London)Andreas Fickers (University of Maastricht)Cathy Johnson (University of Nottingham)András Kovács (ELTE University, Budapest)Sonja de Leeuw (Utrecht University)Victoria Metzger (RTBF, Bruxelles)Claude Mussou (INA, Paris)Massimo Scaglioni (Catholic University of Milan)Pelle Snickars (Royal Library, Stockholm) Liam Wylie (RTÉ, Ireland)

ASSOCIATED EDITORS

-International Group of Colleagues for Peer Reviewing from ETHN

Writing non-linear narratives: the readers are “viewers” too: they read & watch on screen. The screen is the basic visual frame for the presentation of e-journal

„Golden rules“ for online writing:

Always provide a stimulating headline The main statement / argument has to be presented first Writing in chunks / separate paragraphs that contain one clear message / idea Use an active style (based on verbs, not nouns); always write in present time, not past Think of html-environment as a multi-media narrative platform: photographs / audiovisual sources are no “illustrations” but driving parts of story! Engage with the reader by confronting him with questions, strong statements, and by offering alternative views (by links)

The CHALLENGE: Writing for an online audience

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DESIGN CHALLENGES

SOLUTION?

A flexible system that can accommodate to the

variation and context

Reducing hurdles by using automatic processing

and easy wizardsDESIGN CHALLENGES

- Variation in IPR - what can be done with the content - Combining different media (video, images, text, audio) - Embedding media in different contexts

How to keep the UI and interaction still easy?

eJournal

MEDIA EMBEDDING ON THE JOURNAL PAGES

COLLECTION EMBED

COLLECTIONEMBED

JOURNAL ARTICLE PAGE

CMS

Authors can add content to embeddable collections from the EUscreen portal and possibly other sources

An embed can have different layouts and contain:- One video/image/audio- Multiple media items- Video quotations- Complementary texts

USER ROLES & TASKS

MANAGING EDITOR AUTHORS

DONE IN CMSNot by Noterik

- Creating pages for an issue

- Placing embeds on the journal pages

- Fine-tuning embeds on the journal pages together with the Managing Editor

DONE IN CMSNoterik provides tools

- Managing collections (embeds)

DONE ON EUSCREENNoterik provides tools

- Requesting the CPs for a permission to use content (whole item/excerpt)

- Selecting media content for an article/discovery (adding media to collections)

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REQUESTING CONTENT FROM PROVIDERS (IPR VARIATION)

Ask for permission

A request to use the video/image/audio (or a fragment) can be emailed to the Content Provider from the EUscreen portal Send Cancel

ASK FOR PERMISSION TO USE THE ITEM

Whole item

I wish to use the item in

Part of the item from to

eJournal

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Yes No

GIVE PERMISSION TO USE THE ITEM

Whole item

The item can be used in

Part of the item from to

eJournal

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PERMISSION TO USE THE ITEM

You have been granted a permission to use the video “The Story of Edith Piaf” in the eJournal.

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The Content Provider receives the request email, which contains a link to the item and approval on the portal

Follow this link to add the item to your collections:

http://www.euscreen.eu/item123/addto

To: john.mchappy@university.ukFrom: INA@france.fr Subject: Permission for “The Story of Edith Piaf”

The person who asked for permission receives an email regarding approval, which contains a link for adding the item to his/her collections (see next slide)

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New collection

Add to collection My article / eJournal Vol. 1

ADDING CONTENT TO A COLLECTION

A video/image/audio can be added to an embeddable collection on the EUscreen portal.

The Managing Editor can create collections for the authors, which appear on the user’s collection list.

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✓ The video was added to My article / eJournal Vol. 1

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New collection

Add to collection

CREATING A NEW COLLECTION1

Create Cancel

CREATE A NEW COLLECTION

NAME

My article / eJournal Vol. 1

DESCRIPTION

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Yes No, maybe later

✓ My article / eJournal Vol. 1 has been created

The collection is private. Would you like to add people as contributors?

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eJournal embed

Exhibition

Playlist

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MANAGING COLLECTIONS

Close

MY COLLECTIONS X

Article 1 / Sonja

eJournal Vol. 1

Article 2 / Andreas Discovery 1 / Petr & Dominik

2 videos1 image

1 user1 embed

10 videos5 images

1 user2 embeds

8 videos5 images

2 users1 embed

Discovery 2 / Dana

3 videos

1 user1 embed

The Managing Editor, and possibly other people, can manage the collections related to different eJournal issues, as well as create new collections for the authors.

New collection+

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MANAGING COLLECTIONS - SINGLE COLLECTION

Done Cancel

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VIDEOS (2)

eJournal Vol. 1 - Article 1 / Sonja Back

IMAGES (1) CONTRIBUTORS (1) EMBEDS (1)

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Video title / information Video title / information

Items in a collection can be organized and deleted.

Contributors can also be added.

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A COLLECTION EMBED ON AN EJOURNAL PAGE

CMS

TITLE

Description

TITLE

Description

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CMS

Login

The collection embeds on the eJournal pages can contain variable number of items. Login is also provided for editing the collection and the appearance of the embed.