Technologies of Seeing: Photography, Cinematography and TelevisionThis text examines the complex forces pushing and constraining technological developments in cinema. It contests the view that technological advance is simply the result of scientific progress. Rather, the author argues that social forces control the media technology agenda at every stage. |
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