ISBN:
1628923458
,
9781628923452
,
9781628923445
,
162892344X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xx, 157 pages)
,
illustrations.
Series Statement:
Object lessons
Parallel Title:
Print version
DDC:
302.2345
Keywords:
Television Channel selectors
;
History
;
Television viewers Psychology
;
Television Social aspects
;
Popular culture United States
;
United States
;
Grazing (Television)
;
Popular culture
;
Television Social aspects
;
Television viewers Psychology
;
Television Channel selectors
;
History
;
Television Social aspects
;
Popular culture
;
Grazing (Television)
;
Television viewers Psychology
;
Television Channel selectors
;
History
;
Philosophy: aesthetics
;
Media studies
;
Cultural studies
;
Literary theory
;
PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology
;
Grazing (Television)
;
Popular culture
;
Television ; Channel selectors
;
Television ; Social aspects
;
Television viewers ; Psychology
;
History
;
United States
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. While we all use remote controls, we understand little about their history or their impact on our daily lives. Caetlin Benson-Allot looks back on the remote control's material and cultural history to explain how such an innocuous media accessory has changed the way we occupy our houses, interact with our families, and experience the world. From the first wired radio remotes of the 1920s to infrared universal remotes, from the homemade TV controllers to the Apple Remote, remote con
Abstract:
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Changing volume and values; Chapter 2 Convenience, necessity, nuisance; Chapter 3 Itâ#x80;#x99;s complicated; Afterword; Notes; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-146) and index. - Print version record
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