{"199241":{"#nid":"199241","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Collier Wins 2013 IAC Undergraduate Research Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStuart Collier\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Science, Technology, and Culture (STAC) major in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/strong\u003E, is this year\u0027s recipient of the IAC Undergraduate Research Award.\u0026nbsp;Collier won the award for his paper on \u0022Cinephilia and Online Communities,\u0022 written while working with advisor\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EVinicius Navarro\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe paper focuses on how the Internet has democratized cinephilia by transferring power from distribution companies and journalistic publications to amateur film enthusiasts. The amateur \u0026nbsp;enthusiasts are in turn forming new global film communities, employing file sharing to promote marginalized films, and making important contributions to film discourse and criticism.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Cinephilia refers to the passionate love of cinema, and it is a phenomenon that overlaps with many important issues in film studies: film theory, film distribution, canon formation, etcetera,\u0022 said Collier, explaining his research work with Navarro. \u0022As a passionate cinephile who is highly active in online film communities, I was able to draw on my personal experience with online film culture, using key ideas from new media studies to situate my findings.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENavarro will present the award to Collier at the undergraduate research symposium on\u0026nbsp;April 11, 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStuart Collier\u003C\/strong\u003E, a Science, Technology, and Culture (STAC) major in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/strong\u003E, is this year\u0027s recipient of the IAC Undergraduate Research Award.\u0026nbsp;Collier won the award for his paper on \u0022Cinephilia and Online Communities,\u0022 written while working with advisor\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EVinicius Navarro\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27725","created_gmt":"2013-03-13 15:09:48","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:51","author":"Carol Senf","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-03-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"199971":{"id":"199971","type":"image","title":"Stuart Collier","body":null,"created":"1449179934","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:58:54","changed":"1475894853","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:33","alt":"Stuart Collier","file":{"fid":"196537","name":"stuartcollier_200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stuartcollier_200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stuartcollier_200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":26295,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/stuartcollier_200x300_0.jpg?itok=MDeQViw1"}}},"media_ids":["199971"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2402","name":"film"},{"id":"13032","name":"IAC awards"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:vinicius.navarro@lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Evinicius.navarro@lmc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}