The Camera Age

by Michael J. Arlen

Considering various aspects of life in the "television age," Arlen explores the development of this medium, its effects on our outlooks of nature, sex, and politics, and the ways in which mass media controls us

337 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Michael J. Arlen is an Anglo-Armenian writer and former television critic of the The New Yorker. The son of the prominent Anglo-Armenian writer, Michael Arlen. He is the author of Exiles and the critically acclaimed Passage to Ararat, both of which are autobiographical narratives of Arlen's Armenian ancestry. He is also the author of Living Room War, a book on the Vietnam War's portrayal and the social culture of America in the media in the USA.