Views frequently differ according to the underlying communications technology that preoccupies the observer's attention.
Critics tend to describe either the window, or what they see through the window.
To explain how the window influences what they see through it is a more difficult task, rarely achieved in discussions of the relation of communication media to culture. Here is a selection that indicates the range of relevant topics and samples the spectrum of possible interpretations. We include a variety of works on topics in the history of communication as well, for these can help us develop perspectival distance on our immediate surroundings. The Evolution of American Television. Oxford University Press, 1982.