SMC219Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Luxury Vehicle, Commodity Fetishism, Thomas Edison
22 Apr 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
First recorded music early middle ages, the music box, pipe/steam organs. Media affecting the way people lived their lives. 2 kinds of media: time binding: that medium connects you to something important and lasting, allows you to develop your identity. Rooted, knowledgeable, who you are in the world. Ex: print media: space binding: produces media that comes and goes very quickly, leaves you feeling un-rooted, weaker sense of identity, open to being abused by the people using this medium ex: radio, tv, movies, recorded music. Earliest memories of recorded music should be disconnecting you from culture. Conscious exposure robs us of our ability to make decisions. Innis" idea that recorded music has a negative impact on culture. Phonograph/the record called 78s 78 revolutions per minute. Audiophile someone who is into the latest trends of sound reproduction. Tape recordings record several hours, but tape could stretch and become demagnetized, sensitive to heat and light.
