Author

Publication

2016 - Thames & Hudson, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

103,000 words, Guess

Page Count

412 pages

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Classifications

  • DDC791.450973
  • LCCPN1992.3.U5 T475 2016
  • LCCTK6637 .T46 2016
and 2 more
  • LCCHE8700.4
  • LCCPN1992.2 .T475 2016

Description

In just a few years, what used to be an immobile piece of living room furniture, which one had to sit in front of at appointed times in order to watch sponsored programming on a finite number of channels, morphed into a glowing cloud of screens with access to a near-endless supply of content available when and how viewers want it. With this phenomenon now a common cultural theme, a writer of David Thomson's stature delivering a critical history, or biography of the six-decade television era, will be a significant event which could not be more timely. Over twenty-two thematically organized chapters, Thomson brings provocatively insightful and unique to the life of what was television.

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