Audio Mediated Communication

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 remove

space ---->

embedded spaces (e.g. personal stereo)
private vs public
distance vs presence (Benjamin: bringing things closer)
de-centralized

soundscape ---->

accompaniment medium
surrogate / virtual
imposed ambience

community ---->

market
mainstream / niche (Innis: centre/margins)