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On video / Roy Armes.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in communicationPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1988.Description: 1 online resource ([ix], 230 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0203182138
  • 9780203182130
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: On video.DDC classification:
  • 778.59/9 19
LOC classification:
  • TK6637 .A76 1988eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; General editor's preface; Introduction The need for a new perspective; VIDEO IN ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT; Early sound and image reproduction; The broadcast revolution; The impact of sound and video tape; VIDEO IN ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT; Social forms; Systems of production; Modes of address; VIDEO AS VIDEO; Aesthetics of video sound; Aesthetics of video image; Conclusion Video in the computer age; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: Though video systems are now growing ever more accessible, and practical video work is undertaken at every level of education, this is the first book-length historical and theoretical study of the medium. On Video explores video on two levels: first, it examines the relationship between technology and society; and second, it probes the connection between production methods and the communication of meaning.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-223) and index.

Book Cover; Title; Contents; General editor's preface; Introduction The need for a new perspective; VIDEO IN ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT; Early sound and image reproduction; The broadcast revolution; The impact of sound and video tape; VIDEO IN ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT; Social forms; Systems of production; Modes of address; VIDEO AS VIDEO; Aesthetics of video sound; Aesthetics of video image; Conclusion Video in the computer age; Bibliography; Index.

Though video systems are now growing ever more accessible, and practical video work is undertaken at every level of education, this is the first book-length historical and theoretical study of the medium. On Video explores video on two levels: first, it examines the relationship between technology and society; and second, it probes the connection between production methods and the communication of meaning.

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