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 controls shape our media devices and how we live with them.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
| ISBN: | 9781623563110 |
| Publication date: | 29th January 2015 |
| Author: | Caetlin Anne BensonAllott |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 184 pages |
| Series: | Object Lessons |
| Genres: |
Material culture Media studies Philosophy: aesthetics Cultural studies Literary theory Engineering: general |
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 controls shape our media devices and how we live with them.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
Remote Control features in the following genres: Material culture, Media studies, Philosophy: aesthetics, Cultural studies, Literary theory, Engineering: general
Remote Control is available in Paperback
Remote Control was written by Caetlin Anne BensonAllott and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Remote Control has 184 pages
Yes it is part of Object Lessons series
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