Aerial screens
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14800309 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Groening (Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 284-303 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Technology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-1512 • E-ISSN: 1477-2620 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07341512.2013.858523 |
| OpenAlex | W4239383466 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article traces a history of inflight entertainment in order to examine the relationship between globalization, the urban imaginary and contemporary modes of travel. I rely on the many meanings of the word ‘screen’ to launch my analysis of the role of inflight entertainment in post-World War II air travel. Rather than examine the material displayed via inflight entertainment technologies, I take the installation of these technologies on aircraft as signifying particular attitudes airlines had toward their passengers, as well as larger struggles and negotiations over the meaning of travel. These coalesce in a cosmopolitan identity that takes the world to be easily accessible and readily visible, the desire of airlines to keep their passengers mollified and calm, and an emergent conception of travel as effortless activity
Advertising · Aesthetics · Art · Business · Entertainment · Globalization · Media studies · Negotiation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Global Urban Networks and Dynamics · History · Law · Psychology · Travel Writing and Literature
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |