Table of Contents
Preface
1. Turning on the Idiot Box
2. From Roots to Stem
3. High-Definition Control
4. From Couch Potato to Binge-Viewer
5. Rituals and Motives of Binge-Viewers in Action
6. Reflection and Postmortem of the Idiot Box and the Couch
Potato
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
References
Index
Emil Steiner is an assistant professor of journalism and sports media at Rowan University, where he researches the intersection of popular culture and technology. Prior to joining the academy he was a reporter and editor at The Washington Post and a member of the newsroom awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting.
“Steiner exceeds his goal of making scholarly writing more
accessible to all. That’s no small feat... The book’s chapter notes
and bibliography are especially useful for researchers who are
working to connect the past and present. Readers will also
appreciate the book’s ‘commercial breaks,’ designed in the form of
inset boxes that point to related topics throughout the text. ...
An accessible and essential read for TV enthusiasts who enjoy
reading about the history of the medium as much as they do watching
it.”—Library Journal
“An outstanding cultural, social, and technical history of
television and its viewing practices.”—Lothar Mikos, professor of
television studies, The Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg,
Germany
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