Television and the remote control grazing on a vast wasteland guilford communication series bellamy nicholas ed bellamy robert v jr walker james r . With remote controls in more than 90 of us homes this device has single handedly changed the way we watch television no longer passive viewers we have become television users able to exert greater control over the content of what we watch in television and the remote control authors bellamy and walker provide the first comprehensive look at the remote control device and its . Amazoncom television and the remote control grazing on a vast wasteland 9781572300859 bellamy jr robert v walker james r books. Television and the remote control grazing on a vast wasteland authors bellamy r v jr walker j r author affiliation division of media studies duquesne university pittsburgh pennsylvania usa. First published in 1996 routledge is an imprint of taylor francis an informa company