Haunted Media: Electronic Presence from Telegraphy to Television
- ISBN-10
- 0822325721
- ISBN-13
- 9780822325727
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 257
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Author
- Jeffrey Sconce
Description
Examines the repeated association of new electronic media with spiritual phenomena from the telegraph in the late 19th century to television.
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