Different Media
The actual medium of "film" is strongly associated with early ethnographic studies. The medium of film was initially used by ethnographers in the course of their professional work to document subjects in the field. Today ethnographic films are made in video and digital media and may contain elements of text and animation. Other video and digital media focus on the study of culture in Hollywood movies, documentaries by non-anthropologists, home movies and even YouTube.
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