| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 157 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Object lessons
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Object lessons.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-146) and index. |
| 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 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Television -- Channel selectors -- History.
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Television -- Channel selectors. |
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History. |
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Television viewers -- Psychology.
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Television viewers -- Psychology. |
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Grazing (Television)
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Grazing (Television) |
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Television -- Social aspects.
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Television -- Social aspects. |
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Television. |
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Popular culture -- United States.
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Popular culture. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781628923452 |
| ISBN |
1628923458 (electronic book) |
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9781628923452 (electronic book) |
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9781628923445 (electronic book) |
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162892344X (electronic book) |
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1623563119 |
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