Over the past decade, there has been a huge increase in ordinary people's access to video production technology. These essays explore the theoretical significance of this trend and its impact on society, as well as examining a wide range of case studies, from camcorders and camera phones to YouTube and citizen journalism.

List of Figures Acknowledgements In The Frame: Mapping Camcorder Cultures; R.Willett A Commonplace Art? Understanding Amateur Media Production; D.Buckingham 'Take Back The Tube!': The Discursive Construction of Amateur Film- and Video-Making; D.Buckingham, M.Pini & R.Willett Inside the Home Mode; M.Pini Speaking Back? In Search of the Citizen Journalist; D.Buckingham Parodic Practices: Amateur Spoofs on Video Sharing Sites; R.Willett Skate Perception: Self-Representation, Identity and Visual Style in a Youth Subculture; D.Buckingham Handing Over Control? Access, 'Ordinary People' and Video Nation; J.Henderson In The Bedroom: Sex on Video; M.Pini The Hidden World of Organised Amateur Film-Making; D.Buckingham Always On: Camera Phones, Video Production and Identity; R.Willett Power To The People? The Past and Future of Amateur Video; D.Buckingham Notes Index