Ambient Television: Visual Culture and Public Space

(Part of the Console-ing Passions: Television and Cultural Power Series)

by Anna McCarthy

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Although we tend to think of television primarily as a household fixture, TV monitors outside the home are widespread: in bars, laundromats, and stores; conveying flight arrival and departure times in airports; uniting crowds at sports events and allaying boredom in waiting rooms; and helping to pass the time in workplaces of all kinds. In Ambient Television Anna McCarthy explores the significance of this pervasive phenomenon, tracing the forms of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822326922

ISBN13:9780822326922

Release Date:March 2001

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.26 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Arts, Music & Photography Film & Television Humor & Entertainment Performing Arts Social Science Social Sciences Television Textbooks

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