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Author Benson-Allott, Caetlin Anne, author.

Title Remote control / Caetlin Benson-Allott.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 2015.
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 157 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Object lessons
Object lessons.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-146) and index.
Note Print version record.
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 Itâ#x80;#x99;s complicated; Afterword; Notes; Index.
Subject Television -- Channel selectors -- History.
Television viewers -- Psychology.
Grazing (Television)
Television -- Social aspects.
Popular culture -- United States.
Philosophy: aesthetics.
Media studies.
Cultural studies.
Literary theory.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
Grazing (Television) (OCoLC)fst00946996
Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
Television -- Channel selectors. (OCoLC)fst01146545
Television -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01146618
Television viewers -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01147138
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: 9781628923452
ISBN 1628923458 (electronic book)
9781628923452 (electronic book)
9781628923445 (electronic book)
162892344X (electronic book)
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