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Von «Idiotenlaternen» und «Kulturmaschinen». Klassenspezifische Vermöbelung von Fernsehapparaten in den 1950er/60er Jahren im interkulturellen Vergleich

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The essay addresses TV furniture and cultural differences regarding their role in domesticating the medium of the TV in postwar homes in the USA and in West-Germany. A comparative approach may help to more clearly refine the category of class for media analysis. In this respect, console designs for TVs are considered as a site for social asymmetries, especially with regard to class. Instead of conceptualizing TV itself as a media dispositif, the architectures and home furnishings of television are treated as integral parts of a dispositif of domesticity. In such a perspective, shelving units, for instance, become central reference points for television in US and West-German living spaces that indicate class-specific characteristics of the culture of television.

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Miggelbrink, Monique: Von «Idiotenlaternen» und «Kulturmaschinen». Klassenspezifische Vermöbelung von Fernsehapparaten in den 1950er/60er Jahren im interkulturellen Vergleich. In: Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, Jg. 10 (2018), Nr. 2, S. 62-71.10.25969/mediarep/1301
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