TY - BOOK AU - Roberts, Ivy AB - *Visions of Electric Media* is an historical examination into the early history of television, as it was understood during the Victorian and Machine ages. How did the television that we use today develop into a functional technology? What did Victorians expect it to become? How did the 'vision' of television change once viewers could actually see pictures on a screen? We will journey through the history of 'television': from the first indications of live communications in technology and culture in the late nineteenth century, to the development of electronic televisual systems in the early twentieth century. Along the way, we will investigate the philosophy, folklore, engineering practices, and satires that went into making television a useful medium. DO - 10.5117/9789462986596 ID - OAPEN ID: ONIX_20210713_9789048537877_11 ID - OAPEN ID: https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/0b679e16-6594-43b7-a1d5-ccac424b5ef2 KW - Television, media, history, culture, technology L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/bfcd740d-f986-4065-9a34-1298b1b80e1f/9789048537877.pdf LA - English LK - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49988 PB - Amsterdam University Press PY - 2019 SN - 9789048537877 TI - Visions of Electric Media : Television in the Victorian and Machine Ages ER -