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Electric Sounds: Technological Change and the Rise of Corporate Mass Media
Steve Wurtzler
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Description for Electric Sounds: Technological Change and the Rise of Corporate Mass Media
Hardback. Describes an era when innovations in the production, recording, and transmission of sound revolutionized a number of different media, especially the radio, the phonograph, and the cinema. This book illustrates the process through which technologies become media and the ways in which media are integrated into American life. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, 15 photographs. BIC Classification: JFD; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 682.
Electric Sounds brings to vivid life an era when innovations in the production, recording, and transmission of sound revolutionized a number of different media, especially the radio, the phonograph, and the cinema. 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 on which U.S. communications policy continues to be based, the development of several powerful media conglomerates, and the birth of a new acoustic commodity in which a ... Read more
Electric Sounds brings to vivid life an era when innovations in the production, recording, and transmission of sound revolutionized a number of different media, especially the radio, the phonograph, and the cinema. 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 on which U.S. communications policy continues to be based, the development of several powerful media conglomerates, and the birth of a new acoustic commodity in which a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
Film and Culture Series
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231136761
SKU
V9780231136761
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About Steve Wurtzler
Steve J. Wurtzler has taught film and media studies at Bowdoin College, Georgetown University, Illinois State University, and the University of Iowa.
Reviews for Electric Sounds: Technological Change and the Rise of Corporate Mass Media
Overall, Wurtzler's book is a very profitable read and will be most helpful for those who seek parallels to our media present in the past and want to understand the "mutually reinforcing" relationship between new media and extant matrices of economics, politics, and culture.
Heidi Tworek H-Net Extensively researched... Recommended. Choice Electric Sounds is well written and engaging, presenting ... Read more
Heidi Tworek H-Net Extensively researched... Recommended. Choice Electric Sounds is well written and engaging, presenting ... Read more