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Electronic Hearth
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Author : Cecelia Tichi
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1992-10-29
Electronic Hearth written by Cecelia Tichi and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10-29 with Performing Arts categories.
We all talk about the "tube" or "box," as if television were simply another appliance like the refrigerator or toaster oven. But Cecilia Tichi argues that TV is actually an environment--a pervasive screen-world that saturates almost every aspect of modern life. In Electronic Hearth, she looks at how that environment evolved, and how it, in turn, has shaped the American experience. Tichi explores almost fifty years of writing about television--in novels, cartoons, journalism, advertising, and critical books and articles--to define the role of television in the American consciousness. She examines early TV advertising to show how the industry tried to position the new device as not just a gadget but a prestigious new piece of furniture, a highly prized addition to the home. The television set, she writes, has emerged as a new electronic hearth--the center of family activity. John Updike described this "primitive appeal of the hearth" in Roger's Version: "Television is--its irresistible charm--a fire. Entering an empty room, we turn it on, and a talking face flares into being." Sitting in front of the TV, Americans exist in a safety zone, free from the hostility and violence of the outside world. She also discusses long-standing suspicions of TV viewing: its often solitary, almost autoerotic character, its supposed numbing of the minds and imagination of children, and assertions that watching television drugs the minds of Americans. Television has been seen as treacherous territory for public figures, from generals to presidents, where satire and broadcast journalism often deflate their authority. And the print culture of journalism and book publishing has waged a decades-long war of survival against it--only to see new TV generations embrace both the box and the book as a part of their cultural world. In today's culture, she writes, we have become "teleconscious"--seeing, for example, real life being certified through television ("as seen on TV"), and television constantly ratified through its universal presence in art, movies, music, comic strips, fabric prints, and even references to TV on TV. Ranging far beyond the bounds of the broadcast industry, Tichi provides a history of contemporary American culture, a culture defined by the television environment. Intensively researched and insightfully written, The Electronic Hearth offers a new understanding of a critical, but much-maligned, aspect of modern life.
Electronic Hearth
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Author : Cecelia Tichi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Electronic Hearth written by Cecelia Tichi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Television categories.
We all talk about the "tube" or "box," as if television were simply another appliance like the refrigerator or toaster oven. But Cecilia Tichi argues that TV is actually an environment - a pervasive screen-world that saturates almost every aspect of modern life. In 'Electronic Hearth', she looks at how that environment evolved, and how it, in turn, has shaped the American experience. Tichi explores almost fifty years of writing about television - in novels, cartoons, journalism, advertising, and critical books and articles - to define the role of television in the American consciousness. She examines early TV advertising to show how the industry tried to position the new device as not just a gadget but a prestigious new piece of furniture, a highly prized addition to the home. The television set, she writes, has emerged as a new electronic hearth - the centre of family activity.
In Situ Measurement Of Fireplace Performance Using Electric Co Heating
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Author : Mark Peter Modera
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
In Situ Measurement Of Fireplace Performance Using Electric Co Heating written by Mark Peter Modera and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with categories.
Growing Up Canadian
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Author : Clyde Woolman
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2023-08-04
Growing Up Canadian written by Clyde Woolman and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-04 with History categories.
The generation that came of age from 1960 to 1980 had front-row seats to the events and personalities that laid the foundation for the Canada we know today. As the generation matured, so too did the country. Chapters range from TV to sports, music to business, and stage to screen. A section includes the lengths individuals went to be “cool.” Another features Canada’s attempts to deal with the big brash neighbour-nation to the south. Equal parts history, pop culture, and trivia, the events and personalities that shaped Canada for years to come are presented with wry humour. Whether you choose this book for entertainment, for nostalgia, for easy-to-read history, or for quirky trivia, you will be reminded of how much change has occurred in Canada over a lifetime.
Literatures Of War
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Author : Eve Patten
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-09
Literatures Of War written by Eve Patten and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-09 with History categories.
“The most terrible disaster that one group of human beings can inflict on another is war. Wars cause misery on an indescribable scale. Yet we go on doing it to one another, generation after generation. Why? Warfare is a recurrent and universal characteristic of human existence. The mythologies of practically all peoples abound in wars and the superhuman deeds of warriors, and pre-literate communities apparently delighted in the recital of stories about battles. Since our species became literate a mere 5,000 years ago, written history has mostly been the history of wars. Thousands who knew war evidently sickened of it and dreamt of lasting peace, expressing their vision in literature and art, in philosophy and religion. They imagined Utopias freed of martial ambition and bloodshed which harked back to the Golden Age of classical antiquity, to the Christian vision of a paradise lost, and to the Arcadia of Greek and Latin poetry, so richly celebrated in the canvases of Claude and Poussin. All these things bear eloquent testimony to the human longing for peace, but they have not triumphed over our dreadfully powerful propensity to war.” —from the Introduction by Anthony Stevens In this multi-disciplinary collection of essays on the manifestations of war in poetry, fiction, drama, music and documentaries, scholars and practitioners from an international context describe the transformation of the war experience into chronicles of hope and despair, from Herodotus up to the present day.
The Canadian Patent Office Record And Register Of Copyrights And Trade Marks
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
The Canadian Patent Office Record And Register Of Copyrights And Trade Marks written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Copyright categories.
Scientific Canadian Mechanics Magazine And Patent Office Record
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Author : Canada. Patent Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
Scientific Canadian Mechanics Magazine And Patent Office Record written by Canada. Patent Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Copyright categories.
Comparative Economics Of Open Hearth And Electric Furnaces For Production Of Low Carbon Steel
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Author : Battelle Memorial Institute
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1953
Comparative Economics Of Open Hearth And Electric Furnaces For Production Of Low Carbon Steel written by Battelle Memorial Institute and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1953 with Electric furnaces categories.
Electric Dreams
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Author : Ted Friedman
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2005-12
Electric Dreams written by Ted Friedman and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12 with Computers categories.
Electric Dreams turns to the past to trace the cultural history of computers. Ted Friedman charts the struggles to define the meanings of these powerful machines over more than a century, from the failure of Charles Babbage’s “difference engine” in the nineteenth century to contemporary struggles over file swapping, open source software, and the future of online journalism. To reveal the hopes and fears inspired by computers, Electric Dreams examines a wide range of texts, including films, advertisements, novels, magazines, computer games, blogs, and even operating systems. Electric Dreams argues that the debates over computers are critically important because they are how Americans talk about the future. In a society that in so many ways has given up on imagining anything better than multinational capitalism, cyberculture offers room to dream of different kinds of tomorrow.
A Companion To The History Of American Broadcasting
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Author : Aniko Bodroghkozy
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2018-07-23
A Companion To The History Of American Broadcasting written by Aniko Bodroghkozy and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-23 with Performing Arts categories.
Presented in a single volume, this engaging review reflects on the scholarship and the historical development of American broadcasting A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting comprehensively evaluates the vibrant history of American radio and television and reveals broadcasting’s influence on American history in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With contributions from leading scholars on the topic, this wide-ranging anthology explores the impact of broadcasting on American culture, politics, and society from an historical perspective as well as the effect on our economic and social structures. The text’s original and accessibly-written essays offer explorations on a wealth of topics including the production of broadcast media, the evolution of various television and radio genres, the development of the broadcast ratings system, the rise of Spanish language broadcasting in the United States, broadcast activism, African Americans and broadcasting, 1950’s television, and much more. This essential resource: Presents a scholarly overview of the history of radio and television broadcasting and its influence on contemporary American history Contains original essays from leading academics in the field Examines the role of radio in the television era Discusses the evolution of regulations in radio and television Offers insight into the cultural influence of radio and television Analyzes canonical texts that helped shape the field Written for students and scholars of media studies and twentieth-century history, A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting is an essential and field-defining guide to the history and historiography of American broadcasting and its many cultural, societal, and political impacts.