ISBN:
023151008X
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9780231510080
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (xi, 393 p)
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ill
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Serie:
Film and culture series
Paralleltitel:
Print version Electric sounds
DDC:
303.48/330973
Schlagwort(e):
Mass media Technological innovations 20th century
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History
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Mass media Ownership 20th century
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History
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Sound Recording and reproducing 20th century
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History
Kurzfassung:
The 1920s and 1930s marked some of the most important developments in the history of the American mass media: the film industry's conversion to synchronous sound, the rise of radio networks and advertising-supported broadcasting, the establishment of a federal regulatory framework, and the birth of a new acoustic commodity in which consumers accessed stories, songs, and other products through multiple media formats.The innovations of this period not only restructured and consolidated corporate mass media interests while shifting the conventions of media consumption. They renegotiated the social functions assigned to mass media forms. In this impeccably researched history, Steve J. Wurtzler grasps the full story of sounds media, proving that the ultimate form technology takes is never predetermined but shaped by conflicting visions of technological possibility in economic, cultural, and political realms
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Technological innovation and the consolidation of corporate powerAnnouncing technological change -- From performing the recorded to dissimulating the machine -- Making sound media meaningful: commerce, culture, politics -- Transcription versus signification: competing paradigms for representing with sound -- Conclusions/Reverberations.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-366) and index
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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Electronic reproduction
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