Sonic Persuasion: Reading Sound in the Recorded Age

by Greg Goodale

Sonic Persuasion: Reading Sound in the Recorded Age critically analyzes a range of sounds on vocal and musical recordings, on the radio, in film, and in cartoons to show how sounds are used to persuade in subtle ways. Greg Goodale explains how and to what effect sounds can be "read" like an aural text, demonstrating this method by examining important audio cues such as dialect, pausing, and accent in presidential recordings at the turn of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252077954
• ISBN13: 9780252077951
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"