Sound media : from live journalism to musical recording /

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Author / Creator:Nyre, Lars.
Imprint:New York, NY : Routledge, c2008.
Description:xii, 221 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 compact disc (4 3/4 in.)
Language:English
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Format: Spoken word recording Audio Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7721795
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ISBN:9780415391139 (hardback : alk. paper)
041539113X (hardback : alk. paper)
9780415391146 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0415391148 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-205) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures
  • Soundtrack
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Theoretical introduction to sound media
  • 1. Sound and listening
  • 2. Medium theory
  • 3. Backwards History
  • 4. Auditory rhetoric
  • Part I. The present time
  • 2. The acoustic computer: Nervous experiments with sound media
  • 3. Synthetic music: Digital recording in great detail
  • 4. The mobile public: Journalism for urban navigators
  • 5. Phone radio: Personality journalism in voice alone
  • 6. Loudspeaker living: Pop music is everywhere
  • Part II. Backwards history
  • 7. Tape control: A revolution in recorded music, 1970s-1950s
  • 8. The acoustic nation: Live journalism, 1960s-1930s
  • 9. Microphone moods: Music recording, 1940s-1930s
  • 10. Atmospheric contact: Experiments in broadcasting, 1920s-1900s
  • 11. The repeating machine: Music recording, 1920s-1870s
  • References
  • Soundtrack supplement
  • Index