The Book Company: New Products - Television & Video

How Color Became a Technology (The Making of Chromatic Capitalism)

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:48:41 +0000

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Price: $35.00

Audio and Video Systems

Wed, 27 May 2026 16:33:52 +0000

This book details the important concepts in the study of audio and video systems. It covers the basics of audio and video engineering, communication and radar systems, optical fibers, and consumer electronics. It also includes assessment questions for better understanding and practice.

Price: $86.99

Producing for TV and Emerging Media (A Real-World Approach for Producers)

Wed, 20 May 2026 16:24:04 +0000

This book delivers an essential guide to the evolving landscape of modern media production, accounting for the dramatic shifts in the industry, and offering expert insights to help readers navigate both traditional and emerging media production environments.

Price: $62.99

Digital Play (The Interaction of Technology, Culture, and Marketing)

Sat, 02 May 2026 12:41:03 +0000

Digital Play offers a uniquely critical analysis of interactive media. Inspired by the work of Raymond Williams, the book traces the development of video gaming from its humble origins in hacker circles to its current status as a $20 billion global cultural industry. Stephen Kline, Nick ..

Price: $32.95

Visions of Electric Media (Television in the Victorian and Machine Ages)

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:44:34 +0000

Visions of Electric Media is an historical examination into the early history of television, as it was understood during the Victorian and Machine ages. We will journey through the history of 'television'.

Price: $64.99

CTS Certified Technology Specialist Exam Guide, Third Edition

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:22:22 +0000

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Price: $75.00

Special Effects and German Silent Film (Techno-Romantic Cinema)

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 23:09:10 +0000

This book examines special effects as the embodiment of a “techno-romantic” paradigm that seeks to harness technology – the epitome of modern materialism – as a means for accessing a spiritual realm. Employed to visualize ideas and emotions in a medium-specific way, special effects thus paved the ..

Price: $64.99

Inventing Cinema (Machines, Gestures and Media History)

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:31:45 +0000

With machines mediating most of our cultural practices, and innovations, obsolescence and revivals constantly transforming our relation with images and sounds, media feel more unstable than ever. But was there ever a 'stable' moment in media history? This book approaches this question through an a..

Price: $64.99

New Media Behind the Iron Curtain (Cultural History of Video, Microcomputers and Satellite Television in Communist Poland)

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 02:57:51 +0000

During the years of the Polish People’s Republic, Poles were cut off from the western world. Travel was restricted, as was access to outside culture and goods. This unique situation led to a period of great ingenuity in the realm of new media. Not only were media adapted to suit Poles’ needs, but ..

Price: $50.00

Shivers Down Your Spine (Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View)

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:42:23 +0000

From the architectural spectacle of the medieval cathedral and the romantic sublime of the nineteenth-century panorama to the techno-fetishism of today's London Science Museum, humans have gained a deeper understanding of the natural world through highly illusionistic representations that engen..

Price: $36.00