jonathan sterne
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MP3: The Meaning of a Format (Sign, Storage, Transmission) Jonathan Sterne MP3: The Meaning of a Format recounts the hundred-year history of the world’s most common format for recorded audio. Understanding the historical meaning of the MP3 format entails rethinking…
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The Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction Jonathan Sterne The Audible Past explores the cultural origins of sound reproduction. It describes a distinctive sound culture that gave birth to the sound recording and the transmission devices so ubiquitous in…
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Limited Definition(s) and Sound Cultures: MP3s, Soundscapes, Power; Lecture by Jonathan Sterne
Jonathan Sterne lecture @ The Center for the Humanities, 2012. What does the world’s most popular format for recording tell us about human history? What are the connections between the history of sound and the defining features of modernity, from developments in…