Remote control /
Benson-Allott, Caetlin Anne,
Remote control / Caetlin Benson-Allott. - 1 online resource (xx, 157 pages) : illustrations - Object lessons . - Object lessons. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-146) and index.
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�a#x80;#x99;s complicated; Afterword; Notes; Index.
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.
1628923458 9781628923452 9781628923445 162892344X
850833 MIL
GBB798950 bnb
017962007 Uk
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)
Popular culture.
Television--Channel selectors.
Television--Social aspects.
Television viewers--Psychology.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
TK6655.C5 / B46 2015eb
302.23/45
Remote control / Caetlin Benson-Allott. - 1 online resource (xx, 157 pages) : illustrations - Object lessons . - Object lessons. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-146) and index.
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�a#x80;#x99;s complicated; Afterword; Notes; Index.
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.
1628923458 9781628923452 9781628923445 162892344X
850833 MIL
GBB798950 bnb
017962007 Uk
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)
Popular culture.
Television--Channel selectors.
Television--Social aspects.
Television viewers--Psychology.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
TK6655.C5 / B46 2015eb
302.23/45