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Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Wheeler Winston Dixon is the James Ryan Endowed Professor of Film Studies, Professor of English at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Coordinator of the Film Studies Program at UNL, and with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Editor-in-Chief of the Quarterly Review of Film and Video. His newest books include the 21st Century Hollywood: Movies in the Era of Transformation (co-authored with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster; forthcoming, Rutgers University Press, 2011); A History of Horror (Rutgers University Press, 2010), Film Noir and The Cinema of Paranoia (Rutgers University Press and Edinburgh University Press, 2009), and A Short History of Film, written with Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (Rutgers University Press and I.B. Tauris, 2008). As a filmmaker, his complete works are in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art, following a career retrospective at MoMA in 2003.

Film, Nostalgia, and The Digital Divide
Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska-Lincoln

May 19, 2012 Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska, Lincoln 4 comments

The old films and film camera equipment have been almost taken away from us – and apparently, we didn’t even notice.

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The Great Wikipedia Blackout, The Stop Online Piracy Act, and You
Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska-Lincoln

February 27, 2012 Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska, Lincoln One comment

What underlie the Internet blackout are protection of content on the one hand and freedom of access and information on the other.

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I’m Not Here
Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska-Lincoln

December 5, 2011 Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska, Lincoln One comment

It’s time for us to center down, appreciate our current existence and be sensitive to our real surroundings instead of being online all the time.

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How Long Will it Last, and Do You Really Own It?
Wheeler Winston Dixon / The University of Nebraska, Lincoln

September 3, 2011 Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska, Lincoln 6 comments

Winston Wheeler Dixon wonders: what will happen to ownership when media content will cease to be material?

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Red Boxes and Cloud Movies
Wheeler Winston Dixon / The University of Nebraska, Lincoln

July 21, 2011 Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska, Lincoln 9 comments

Wheeler Winston Dixon considers the ubiquity of Redbox kiosks and their implications for the DVD market.

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Some Notes on Streaming
Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska, Lincoln

June 9, 2011 Wheeler Winston Dixon / University of Nebraska, Lincoln 22 comments

Wheeler Winston Dixon explores the ramifications of Netlix’s move to video streaming on brick and mortar video stores.

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