''Screen'' is an

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of film and

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based at the

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and published by

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. The

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are Tim Bergfelder (

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), Alison Butler (

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), Dimitris Eleftheriotis (

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), Karen Lury (University of Glasgow), Alastair Phillips (

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), and

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History

''Screen'' originated in the Society of Film Teachers' journal, ''The Film Teacher'', in 1952. Soon after, the society was renamed as the Society for Education in Film and Television and its journal changed its name to ''Screen Education'' in 1960. ''Screen Education'' was renamed to ''Screen'' in 1969, although a separate journal titled ''Screen Education'' was also published. During the 1970s, ''Screen'' was particularly influential in the nascent field of

film studies Film studies is an academic discipline that deals with various theoretical, historical, and critical approaches to cinema as an art form and a medium. It is sometimes subsumed within media studies and is often compared to television studies ...

. It published many articles that have become standards in the field—including

Laura Mulvey Laura Mulvey (born 15 August 1941) is a British feminist film theorist. She was educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She is currently professor of film and media studies at Birkbeck, University of London. She previously taught at Bulmers ...

's seminal work, "

Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema Laura Mulvey (born 15 August 1941) is a British feminist film theorist. She was educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She is currently professor of film and media studies at Birkbeck, University of London. She previously taught at Bulmersh ...

" (1975). It is still highly regarded in academic circles.

Screen theory Screen theory is a Marxist–psychoanalytic film theory associated with the British journal ''Screen'' in the early 1970s. It considers filmic images as signifiers that do not only encode meanings but also mirrors in which viewers accede to subjec ...

, a Marxist-

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that came to prominence in Britain in the early 1970s, took its name from ''Screen''.

Abstracting and indexing

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