The VCR Age: Home Video and Mass Communication

by Mark R. Levy

In the introduction to The VCR Age, Levy describes the home video phenomenon as a fresh research site for examining some of the enduring themes and controversies of media theory. Building on and synthesizing the early literature, Part One examines the history of the VCR age and considers just how integral the VCR is to television households. Part Two focuses on specific patterns of home video use and the social\psychological factors which condition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803932995
• ISBN13: 9780803932999
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.