Research Article

Analog Video, its “Pornographic Years” and Video in Turkey

Number: 36 June 27, 2022
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Analog Video, its “Pornographic Years” and Video in Turkey

Abstract

The adult film industry, a pioneer in using new technologies, quickly adopted analog video before becoming a mainstream audio-visual medium. Mutual affinity benefits both parties: transforming industry practices, aesthetics, and content, technology contributes to the industry with more significant profit and meets the demands of porn regulars. In return, pornography helps the new technology become widespread by providing distribution networks, content, motivation, and eager users. This paper aims to examine the role of pornography and the adult film industry in the rise of video recorders and analyze some examples regarding the video case in Turkey. Although the data collected from 1980s newspapers and magazines as part of the dissertation about video spectatorship in Turkey doesn’t reveal this role first-hand, there is a bond between technology and pornography. The collective viewing of video films in public space, a unique practice in Turkey, challenges the pornography-intimacy relationship and the need to own a device.

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Primary Language

Turkish

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 27, 2022

Submission Date

February 4, 2022

Acceptance Date

June 16, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Number: 36

APA
Gön, A. (2022). Analog Videonun "Pornografi Yılları" ve Türkiye’de Video. Galatasaray Üniversitesi İletişim Dergisi, 36, 87-108. https://doi.org/10.16878/gsuilet.1068224

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