Visions of Electric Media (eBook)

Television in the Victorian and Machine Ages

Roberts Ivy Roberts (Autor)

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2019 | 1. Auflage
264 Seiten
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-90-485-3787-7 (ISBN)

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Ivy Roberts is an interdisciplinary film/media studies scholar who researches in the fields of cultural history, visual culture, and STS. Dr. Roberts holds a Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth's interdisciplinary program in Media, Art, and Text. Visions of Electric Media has been adapted from her dissertation, which was entitled. Dr. Roberts' next book is an edited volume of critical approaches to Victorian and Radium Age science fiction. She is first and foremost a devoted teacher who holds adjunct faculty positions at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Maryland University College, and Southern New Hampshire University.

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*Visions of Electric Media* is an historical examination into the early history of television, as it was understood during the Victorian and Machine ages. How did the television that we use today develop into a functional technology? What did Victorians expect it to become? How did the 'vision' of television change once viewers could actually see pictures on a screen? We will journey through the history of 'television': from the first indications of live communications in technology and culture in the late nineteenth century, to the development of electronic televisual systems in the early twentieth century. Along the way, we will investigate the philosophy, folklore, engineering practices, and satires that went into making television a useful medium.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.11.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik
• ISBN-10: 90-485-3787-8 / 9048537878
• ISBN-13: 978-90-485-3787-7 / 9789048537877