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100			_aBenson-Allott, Caetlin
245			_aRemote control
260			_bBloomsbury Academic, _c2017 _aNew Delhi:
300			_axx, 157 p. _bill. _c17cm.
365			_aINR _b250.00
440			_aObjec Lessons
520			_aWhile we all use remote controls, we understand little about their history or their impact on our daily lives. By emphasizing volume control, channel shifting, and multi-function management, they tell a story about our experience of mass media, culture, and domestic life. Remote controls reveal the deep impact electronics design has on our self-perception and world-view. This book offers lively analyses of the remote control's material, literary, and cultural history to explain how such an innocuous media accessory can change the way we occupy our houses, interact with our families, and experience the world. From the first wired radio remotes of the 1920s to infrared universal remotes, from the homemade TV controllers to the Apple Remote, remote controls shape our media devices and how we live with them.
650			_aSemiotics &​ Theory
650			_aTelevision viewers - Psychology
650			_aPopular culture
650			_aHome automation - Social aspects
650			_aLiterary criticism
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