Haunted Media: Electronic Presence from Telegraphy to Television
Item Number
P96.T42S37
Author/Artist/Editor
Jeffrey Sconce
Type
Book, Hard Copy
Date
2000
Press/Publisher
Duke University Press
Language
English
Description
An examination of American culture's persistent association of new electronic media--from the invention of the telegraph to the introduction of television and computers--with paranormal or spiritual phenomena. By offering a historical analysis of the relation between communication technologies, discourses of modernity, and metaphysical preoccupations, Sconce demonstrates how accounts of 'electronic presence' have gradually changed over the decades from a fascination with the boundaries of space and time to a more generalized anxiety over the seeming sovereignty of technology.
Important Notes
Black and white illustrations.
Keywords
Telegraphy, TV
ISSN/ISBN
0-8223-2572-1
Availability
Available
OCLC
43706959