| Description |
1 online resource (195 pages) |
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Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 65 |
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Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 65.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: Echoes and Shadows; 2 Tell Me a Story; 3 Radio: Feeding the Imagination; 4 'Father of the Man': Radio, Audio and Youth; 5 Music Memory: Music in the Moment; 6 Ourselves as History: An Encyclopaedia of Sounds; 7 Walls Have Voices; 8 Saving the Sound, Spreading the Word; 9 Holding on to Sounds; 10 The Future Sound of Memory; Appendix: Radio in the Context of Memory; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book explores the connections between sound and memory across all electronic media, with a particular focus on radio. Street explores our capacity to remember through sound and how we can help ourselves preserve a sense of self through the continuity of memory. In so doing, he analyzes how the brain is triggered by the memory of programs, songs, and individual sounds. He then examines the growing importance of sound archives, community radio and current research using GPS technology for the history of place, as well as the potential for developing strategies to aid Alzheimer's and deme |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Memory.
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Sound -- Psychological aspects.
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Senses and sensation.
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Radio.
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Radio broadcasting.
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sensation.
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senses.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
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SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
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Radio broadcasting
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Memory
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Radio
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Senses and sensation
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Sound -- Psychological aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134684694 |
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113468469X |
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