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Remote control / Caetlin Benson-Allott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benson-Allott, Caetlin Anne, author.
- Series:
- Object lessons.
- Object lessons
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Television--Channel selectors--History.
- Television.
- Television viewers--Psychology.
- Television viewers.
- Grazing (Television).
- Television--Social aspects.
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2020.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Changing volume and values; Chapter 2 Convenience, necessity, nuisance; Chapter 3 It's complicated; Afterword; Notes; Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-146) and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781501309489
- 150130948X
- 9781628923445
- 162892344X
- 9781628923452
- 1628923458
- OCLC:
- 1201425977
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