Acoustic Electroacoustic Transformations
listening ----> exact repetition, template matching (distracted listening)
audio discernment, quality assessment (analytical listening)listener -----> consumer, economic participation
voice -----> disembodied, but still gendered
enhanced (larger than life) / reduced (smaller than life)
real or synthetic?speech ----> print ----> neo-orality (Ong)
audience ----> commodity (the product of advertising)
active or passive?time ----> structured flow (linear or cyclic?)
levels of removespace ----> embedded spaces (e.g. personal stereo)
private vs public
distance vs presence (Benjamin: bringing things closer)
de-centralizedsoundscape ----> accompaniment medium
surrogate / virtual
imposed ambiencecommunity ----> market
mainstream / niche (Innis: centre/margins)