The Walkman Effect: Private Listening Culture and its Impact on the Individual and the Society – Bc. Lukáš Vokřínek
Bc. Lukáš Vokřínek
Bachelor's thesis
The Walkman Effect: Private Listening Culture and its Impact on the Individual and the Society
The Walkman Effect: Private Listening Culture and its Impact on the Individual and the Society
Abstract:
Práce se zábýva fenoménem takzvaného Walkman Efektu, který započal úvodem přenosných zařízení k poslechu hudby, a zkoumá jaký toto mělo vliv na kulturu. Zjišťuje, jakým způsobem se podařilo přetvořit kulturu poslechu ze sdílené na osobní a jakým způsobem rozostření těchto hranic ovlivnilo jednotlivce a společnost. Nejprve je prozkoumána ranná historie zvuku a některé klíčové pokroky s ohledem na osobní …moreAbstract:
The thesis deals with the phenomenon of the Walkman Effect; the introduction of playback music devices and their effect on culture. It explores how they reimagined the culture of listening into a private one and what effect this blurring of boundaries had on the society. This work starts by examining the early history of sound and some of the key developments with regards to the private listening culture …moreKeywords
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Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 14. 12. 2017
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/d1s3y/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 30. 1. 2018
- Supervisor: M.A. Jeffrey Alan Smith, Ph.D.
- Reader: Mgr. Bc. Tereza Walsbergerová
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VOKŘÍNEK, Lukáš. \textit{The Walkman Effect: Private Listening Culture and its Impact on the Individual and the Society}. Online. Bachelor's thesis. Brno: Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. 2017. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/ok8bkl/.
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Faculty of ArtsBachelor programme / field:
Philology / English Language and Literature
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