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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Sterne, Jonathan (1970-....)
Titre(s) : MP3 [Texte imprimé] : the meaning of a format / Jonathan Sterne
Publication : Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2012
Description matérielle : xv, 341 p. : ill ; 24 cm
Collection : SST: Sign, storage, transmission
Lien à la collection : SST
Comprend : Introduction : format theory ; Perceptual technics ; Nature builds no telephones
; Perceptual coding and the domestication of noise ; Making a standard ; Of MPEG,
measurement, and men ; Is music a thing? ; Conclusion : the end of MP3.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-330) and index
MP3: The Meaning of a Format recounts the hundred-year history of the world's most
common format for recorded audio. Understanding the historical meaning of the MP3
format entails rethinking the place of digital technologies in the larger universe
of twentieth-century communication history, from hearing research conducted by the
telephone industry in the 1910s, through the mid-century development of perceptual
coding (the technology underlying the MP3), to the format's promiscuous social life
since the mid 1990s. MP3s are products of compression, a process that removes sounds
unlikely to be heard from recordings. Although media history is often characterized
as a progression toward greater definition, fidelity, and truthfulness, MP3: The Meaning
of a Format illuminates the crucial role of compression in the development of modern
media and sound culture. Taking the history of compression as his point of departure,
Jonathan Sterne investigates the relationships among sound, silence, sense, and noise;
the commodity status of recorded sound and the economic role of piracy; and the importance
of standards in the governance of our emerging media culture. He demonstrates that
formats, standards, and infrastructures--and the need for content to fit inside them--are
every bit as central to communication as the boxes we call "media."
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Meaning of a format
Sujet(s) : MP3 (norme de codage audio)
Enregistrements sonores -- Numérisation
Indice(s) Dewey :
006.5 (23e éd.) = Audio numérique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780822352877 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0822352877 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN
9780822352839 (hbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0822352834 (hbk.) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43628338s
Notice n° :
FRBNF43628338
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