ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |82 pages
Video in its Historical Context
chapter |27 pages
Early Sound and Image Reproduction
chapter |26 pages
The Broadcast Revolution
chapter |26 pages
The Impact of Sound and Video Tape
part |64 pages
Video in its Social Context
chapter |22 pages
Social Forms
chapter |19 pages
Systems of Production
chapter |20 pages
Modes of Address
part |60 pages
Video as Video