Ambient Television: Visual Culture and Public Space (Console-ing Passions)

"Ambient Televisionoffers a long overdue consideration of television spectatorship through a study of television's strategic positioning in a variety of public environments outside the home. Anna McCarthy's superb historical research has unearthed much fascinating material which will be of interest to artists and media critics. Anyone wishing to understand more fully our ever expanding media culture will benefit from McCarthy's astute analysis and historical insights into television's complex place in the public sphere."-John Hanhardt, Guggenheim MuseumAnna McCarthy is the author of 'Ambient Television: Visual Culture and Public Space (Console-ing Passions)', published 2001 under ISBN 9780822326830 and ISBN 0822326833.