On video

Author(s)

• Armes, Roy

Bibliographic Information

On video

Roy Armes

（Studies in communication）

Routledge, 1988

• pbk.

Note

Bibliography: p. 215-223

Includes index.

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780415007177

Description

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.

Volume

pbk. ISBN 9780415007184

Description

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

• Introduction
• Part 1 Video in its Historical Context
• Chapter 1 Early Sound and Image Reproduction
• Chapter 2 The Broadcast Revolution
• Chapter 3 The Impact of Sound and Video Tape
• Part 2 Video in its Social Context
• Chapter 4 Social Forms
• Chapter 5 Systems of Production
• Chapter 6 Modes of Address
• Part 3 Video as Video
• Chapter 7 Aesthetics of Video Sound
• Chapter 8 Aesthetics of Video Image
• Conclusion

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA10983337
• ISBN:
  • 0415007178
  • 0415007186
• LCCN: 87034678
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: 230 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TK6637
  • DC19 : 778.59/9
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Television -- History
  • LCSH : Video recordings -- History
  • LCSH : Motion pictures -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA07146609