JOUR 1210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: United Fruit Company, Music Box, Thomas Edison
Document Summary
History of sound recording and transmission: thomas edison, cd, long playing record. Storing musical performances: phonograph, mary had a little lamb - first recording. The new way of publishing music: high fidelity, phonograph changed the face of music, phonograph stored actual music, non-notated music. Transmitting music and talk: telegraph, came with limitation of needing a wire, wireless telegraph, could transmit across the atlantic ocean. Scientists primarily used radio waves: macaroni thought they could do more. The radio music box memo: radio music box memo, radio to be brought into homes. More receivers than transmitters: more people wanted to listen, radio was becoming a mass medium. The rca radio monopoly: the government wanted to keep control of the radio after ww 1, navy proposed a private monopoly to control the radio, general electric, at&t, westinghouse, united fruit company, ufc wanted brand development.
