New Media and Popular Imagination
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New Media and Popular Imagination places the current technological upheaval in audio-visual culture in the context of previous periods of twentieth-century media innovation. Examining popular and industry responses to the introduction of radio, television, and digital media into the home, the book underscores the continuities and disjunctions in the ways in which electronic media have been anticipated, promoted, and resisted in twentieth-century America.Features
- A broad survey of the roots of contemporary digital culture, relevant to anyone interested in electronic media.
- Boddy offers fascinating new insights into the relationship between technology and culture in both private and public contexts.
Reviews
"A concise yet complete overview of public consciousness of new media. Boddy is a distinguished media historian, and he offers here a fascinating, fresh look at the history of the technology and social impact of cinema, early radio, television, computers, cable television, and digital media. ... Very well researched and indexed, this book should be in all collections supporting study of broadcast history, media, and communication. Essential, upper-division undergraduates and above."--Choice
Product Details
184 pages; 6 halftones, 1 line illus.; ISBN13: 978-0-19-871145-2ISBN10: 0-19-871145-XAbout the Author(s)
William Boddy is Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Baruch College and Co-Ordinator of the Film Studies Program at the Graduate Center, both of the City University of New York.
