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• catalog abstract "We all talk about the "tube" or "box," as if television were simply another appliance like the refrigerator or toaster oven. But Cecilia Tichi argues that TV is actually an environment--a pervasive screen-world that saturates almost every aspect of modern life. In Electronic Hearth, she looks at how that environment evolved, and how it, in turn, has shaped the American experience. Tichi explores almost fifty years of writing about television--in novels, cartoons, journalism, advertising, and critical books and articles--to define the role of television in the American consciousness. She examines early TV advertising to show how the industry tried to position the new device as not just a gadget but a prestigious new piece of furniture, a highly prized addition to the home. The television set, she writes, has emerged as a new electronic hearth--the center of family activity. John Updike described this "primitive appeal of the hearth" in Roger's Version: "Television is--its irresistable charm--a fire. Entering an empty room, we turn it on, and a talking face flares into being." Sitting in front of the TV, Americans exist in a safety zone, free from the hostility and violence of the outside world. She also discusses long-standing suspicions of TV viewing: its often solitary, almost autoerotic character, its supposed numbing of the minds and imagination of children, and assertions that watching television drugs the minds of Americans. Television has been seen as treacherous territory for public figures, from generals to presidents, where satire and broadcast journalism often deflate their authority. And the print culture of journalism and book publishing has waged a decades-long war of survival against it--only to see new TV generations embrace both the box and the book as a part of their cultural world. In today's culture, she writes, we have become "teleconscious"--seeing, for example, real life being certified through television ("as seen on TV"), and television constantly ratified through its universal presence in art, movies, music, comic strips, fabric prints, and even references to TV on TV. Ranging far beyond the bounds of the broadcast industry, Tichi provides a history of contemporary American culture, a culture defined by the television environment. Intensively researched and insightfully written, The Electronic Hearth offers a new understanding of a critical, but much-maligned, aspect of modern life.".
• catalog contributor b3186248.
• catalog created "1991.".
• catalog date "1991".
• catalog date "1991.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1991.".
• catalog description "In today's culture, she writes, we have become "teleconscious"--seeing, for example, real life being certified through television ("as seen on TV"), and television constantly ratified through its universal presence in art, movies, music, comic strips, fabric prints, and even references to TV on TV. Ranging far beyond the bounds of the broadcast industry, Tichi provides a history of contemporary American culture, a culture defined by the television environment. Intensively researched and insightfully written, The Electronic Hearth offers a new understanding of a critical, but much-maligned, aspect of modern life.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-245) and index.".
• catalog description "John Updike described this "primitive appeal of the hearth" in Roger's Version: "Television is--its irresistable charm--a fire. Entering an empty room, we turn it on, and a talking face flares into being." Sitting in front of the TV, Americans exist in a safety zone, free from the hostility and violence of the outside world. She also discusses long-standing suspicions of TV viewing: its often solitary, almost autoerotic character, its supposed numbing of the minds and imagination of children, and assertions that watching television drugs the minds of Americans. Television has been seen as treacherous territory for public figures, from generals to presidents, where satire and broadcast journalism often deflate their authority. And the print culture of journalism and book publishing has waged a decades-long war of survival against it--only to see new TV generations embrace both the box and the book as a part of their cultural world. ".
• catalog description "Television Environment--A Preface -- Introduction--Phasing In -- Electronic Hearth -- Peep Show, Private Sector -- Leisure, Labor, and the La-Z-Boy -- Drugs, Backtalk, and Teleconsciousness -- Certification--As Seen on TV -- Videoportraits and Authority -- Two Cultures and the Battle by the Books -- The Child--A Television Allegory -- Comics, Movies, Music, Stories, Art, TV-on-TV, Etc.".
• catalog description "We all talk about the "tube" or "box," as if television were simply another appliance like the refrigerator or toaster oven. But Cecilia Tichi argues that TV is actually an environment--a pervasive screen-world that saturates almost every aspect of modern life. In Electronic Hearth, she looks at how that environment evolved, and how it, in turn, has shaped the American experience. Tichi explores almost fifty years of writing about television--in novels, cartoons, journalism, advertising, and critical books and articles--to define the role of television in the American consciousness. She examines early TV advertising to show how the industry tried to position the new device as not just a gadget but a prestigious new piece of furniture, a highly prized addition to the home. The television set, she writes, has emerged as a new electronic hearth--the center of family activity. ".
• catalog extent "x, 249 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Electronic hearth.".
• catalog identifier "0195065492 (cloth : alk. paper) :".
• catalog identifier "0195079140 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Electronic hearth.".
• catalog issued "1991".
• catalog issued "1991.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog relation "Electronic hearth.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "302.23/45 20".
• catalog subject "HQ520 .T53 1991".
• catalog subject "Society Effects of Television".
• catalog subject "Television Psychological aspects.".
• catalog subject "Television and children United States.".
• catalog subject "Television and families United States.".
• catalog subject "Television broadcasting Social aspects United States.".
• catalog subject "United States".
• catalog tableOfContents "Television Environment--A Preface -- Introduction--Phasing In -- Electronic Hearth -- Peep Show, Private Sector -- Leisure, Labor, and the La-Z-Boy -- Drugs, Backtalk, and Teleconsciousness -- Certification--As Seen on TV -- Videoportraits and Authority -- Two Cultures and the Battle by the Books -- The Child--A Television Allegory -- Comics, Movies, Music, Stories, Art, TV-on-TV, Etc.".
• catalog title "Electronic hearth : creating an American television culture / Cecelia Tichi.".
• catalog type "text".