Relevant Publications:

1975 Cinema Naivete: A Study of Home Moviemaking as Visual Communication, Studies in the Anthropology of Visual Communication 2(2): 87-103. Also as: Cinéma Naïveté: A Csaladi filmezŽs mint vizualis kommunikacio. Tanulmanyok Az Amator Foto Visualis Anthropologiajarol (1986), Budapest: Institute for Culture.
1981 Redundant Imagery: Some Observations on the Use of Snapshots in American Culture. Journal of American Culture 4(1):106-113. Also as: BobeszŽdu KŽpek: MegfigyelŽsek Az Amerikai Kultura FŽnykŽphasznalatarol. Tanulmanyok Az Amator Foto Vizualis Anthropologiajorol (1986), Budapest: Institute for Culture.
1982 Home Movies as Cultural Documents. Film/Culture: Explorations of Cinema in Its Social Context. Sari Thomas (ed.), Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, pp. 126-138. Also as: A Csaldi Film mint Kulturalis Documentum. Tanulmanyok Az Amatar Foto Vizualis Anthropologiajarol (1986), Budapest: Institute for Culture.
1983 Exploiting the Vernacular: Studies in Snapshot Photography. Studies in Visual Communication 9(3):70-84. Also as Benszulott Tajak: Tanulmanyok Az Amator FŽnykŽprol. Tanulmanyok Az Amator Foto Vizualis Anthropologiajarol (1986), Budapest: Institute for Culture.
1984 The Sociovidistic Wisdom of Abby and Ann: Toward an Etiquette of   Home Mode Photography. Journal of American Culture 7(1-2):22-31. Also as: Abby Žs Ann Szociovidisztikua BolesessŽge: A Csaladi FŽnykŽpezŽs EtikettjŽnek KŽrdŽsehez. Tanulmanyok Az Amator Foto Vizualis Anthropologiajarol (1986), Budapest: Institute for Culture.
1986 Home Movies in a World of Reports: An Anthropological Appreciation. Journal of the University Film and Video Association 38 (3-4):102-110
1986 Media Myopia and Genre-Centrism: The Case of Home Movies. Journal of the University Film and Video Association 38 (3-4): 58-62.
1989 Photography: As Amateur Medium. The International Encyclopedia of Communications, New York: Oxford University Press, 3:281-5
1997 Family Photography: One Album is Worth a 1000 Lies. Sociology -- Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life 2/e by David M. Newuman, Thousand Oaks, CA.: Pine Forge Press, pp. 269-78.
1997 Interpreting Family Photography as Pictorial Communication. Image- based Research: A Sourcebook for Qualitative Researchers (London: Farmer Press Ltd. (in press).

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