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16%OFFCaetlin Benson-Allott - REMOTE CONTROL - 9781623563110 - V9781623563110
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REMOTE CONTROL

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Description for REMOTE CONTROL Paperback. "In association with Loyola University New Orleans, Georgia Tech Center for Media Studies"--Series title page. Series Editor(s): Schaberg, Dr. Christopher; Bogost, Prof. Ian. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 184 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: JFCD; JFD; TBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Object Lessons
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781623563110
SKU
V9781623563110
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

About Caetlin Benson-Allott
Caetlin Benson-Allott is Associate Professor of English at Georgetown University, USA. She is the author of Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens: Video Spectatorship from VHS to File Sharing (University of California Press, 2013) and of a column on film and new media in Film Quarterly.

Reviews for REMOTE CONTROL
The remote control encourages us to take it for granted. It's ubiquitous but easy to misplace. An essential convenience but still an overly complicated nuisance. But in this compelling history, Caetlin Benson-Allott places remote controls at the center of our media universe, demonstrating how profoundly these devices shape contemporary media practices and our everyday lives. You'll never surf the same ... Read more

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