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9780813527475

Off the Record

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813527475

  • ISBN10:

    0813527473

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-02-01
  • Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr
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Summary

Morton (research historian for the IEEE History Center at Rutgers U.) examines the process of invention, innovation, and diffusion of communications technology in the development of the phonograph record, recording for radio, the dictation machine, the telephone answering machine, and home taping.

Author Biography

David Morton is research historian for the IEEE History Center at Rutgers University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Preface xi
Introduction 1(12)
High Culture, High Fidelity, and the Making of Recordings in the American Record Industry
13(35)
The End of the ``Canned Music'' Debate in American Broadcasting
48(26)
``Girl or Machine?'': Gender, Labor, Office Dictation, and the Failure of Recording Culture
74(34)
The Message on the Answering Machine: Recording and Interpersonal Communication
108(28)
The Tape Recorder, Home Entertainment, and the Roots of American Rerecording Culture
136(35)
Conclusion 171(18)
Notes 189(24)
Index 213

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