Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.

Introduction : how television invents new media -- "This is intelligent television" : the emerging technologies of video games, computers, and the medium of television -- Is this convergence? : postnetwork television, new media and emerging middletexts -- From tube to a "series of tubes" : television in and as new media -- Alt-ctrl : the freedom of remotes and controls -- Conclusion : television is not new media.

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