Ambient Television: Visual Culture and Public Space

by Anna McCarthy

Book Overview

Although we tend to think of television primarily as a household fixture, TV monitors outside the home are widespread: in bars, laundromats, and stores; conveying flight arrival and departure times in airports; uniting crowds at sports events and allaying boredom in waiting rooms; and helping to pass the time in workplaces of all kinds. In Ambient Television Anna McCarthy explores the significance of this pervasive phenomenon, tracing the forms of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822326922
• ISBN13: 9780822326922
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"