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Where's the Remote?

1,095 views · Published 24 May 2018 · 58:31 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: Chicago Humanities · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

TV fans, take note. Even as technology threatens to send the television remote control to a seat-cushioned grave of obsolescence, media scholar Caetlin Benson-Allott's history--Remote Control--offers surprising facts from its past and future. Benson-Allott will discuss and explore how the often-misplaced handheld device radically altered viewing habits, family relationships, and the way we interact with visual culture, from the first wired radio remotes of the 1920s to the Apple Remote.

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