Mass-Observation at the Movies

by Jeffrey Richards and Dorothy Sheridan

Book Overview

The Mass Observation social research organisation (1937 to early 1950s), a pioneering independent effort aimed at education, specialised in material about everyday life in Britain and recorded material through a panel of around 500 volunteer observers who maintained diaries or replied to open-ended questionnaires known as directives.

The collection of papers on film is one of the largest collections on a single theme produced by Mass-Observation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138980552
• ISBN13: 9781138980556
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"