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Residual media / Charles R. Acland, editor.

Contributor(s): Acland, Charles R, 1963-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis, Minn. : Bristol : University of Minnesota Press ; University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2007Description: 400 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9780816644728 (pbk.) :; 0816644721 (pbk.) :; 9780816644711 (hbk.) :; 0816644713 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Mass media and technology | Technology -- Social aspects | Mass media and cultureDDC classification: 302.2'3 Summary: In a society that awaits 'the new' in every medium, what happens to last year's new? From player pianos to vinyl records, and from the typewriter to the telephone, 'Residual Media' is an innovative approach to the aging of culture and reveals that, ultimately, new cultural phenomena rely on encounters with the old.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In a society that awaits 'the new' in every medium, what happens to last year's new? From player pianos to vinyl records, and from the typewriter to the telephone, 'Residual Media' is an innovative approach to the aging of culture and reveals that, ultimately, new cultural phenomena rely on encounters with the old.

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