Closed Captioning: Subtitling, Stenography, and the Digital Convergence of Text with Television

(Part of the Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series and Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series)

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This engaging study traces the development of closed captioning--a field that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s from decades-long developments in cinematic subtitling, courtroom stenography, and education for the deaf. Gregory J. Downey discusses how digital computers, coupled with human mental and physical skills, made live television captioning possible. Downey's survey includess the hidden information workers who mediate between live audiovisual...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0801887100

ISBN13:9780801887109

Release Date:February 2008

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Engineering History Technology

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Closed Captioning: Subtitling, Stenography, and the Digital Convergence of Text with Television

(Part of the Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series and Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series)

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