The public information film became a talisman of 1970s paternalism now revived by YouTube

Evidence

Mind How You Go frequently invokes that talisman of 1970s paternalism, the Public Information Film, and it’s perhaps no accident that the rise of Ghost Box has coincided with the emergence of YouTube, which has made public information films and other such street furniture of 1970s audio–visual experience widely available again. — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life, 322

Categorization

• CANDY: A light observation connecting YouTube’s rise to retro-hauntology music trends.
• XREF: connects to: Adults’ early fascination with functional background media shaped their later artistic nostalgia — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 326; The rhetoric celebrating YouTube and blogs was first applied to zines decades earlier — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 83; Online fame crossing into traditional media predates the YouTube era by years — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame…, 201

Broader Connections

• The rhetoric celebrating YouTube and blogs was first applied to zines decades earlier #expands (0.72) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 83