Walkman

Download or read book Doing Cultural Studies written by Paul du Gay and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1997 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years `culture' has become a central concern in a wide range of fields and disciplines. This book introduces the main substantive and theoretical strands of this `turn to culture' through the medium of a particular case study: that of the Sony Walkman. Using the example of the Walkman, the book indicates how and why cultural practices and institutions have come to play such a crucial part in our lives, and introduces some of the central ideas, concepts and methods of analysis involved in conducting cultural studies.

Download or read book Walkman written by Michael Robbins and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new collection from an audacious, humorous poet celebrated for his "sky-blue originality of utterance" (Dwight Garner, The New York Times) Michael Robbins's first two books of poetry were raucous protests lodged from the frontage roads and big-box stores of off-ramp America. With Walkman, he turns a corner. These new poems confront self-pity and nostalgia in witty-miserable defiance of our political and ecological moment. It's the end of the world, and Robbins has listened to all the tapes in his backpack. So he's making music from whatever junk he finds lying around.

Download or read book Sony written by John Nathan and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001-04-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Nathan uncovers the secrets of Sony's success in this thorough and entertaining history of the company that rose out of the ashes of World War II and came to embody Japan's postwar resurrection.

Download or read book Personal Stereo written by Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow investigates the Walkman’s influence on public space, our relationship to electronic personal devices, and the fears and exhilaration induced by new technologies (as well as the nostalgia attached to old ones).

Download or read book Doing Cultural Studies written by Paul du Gay and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Arguably the most famous book in its field... In theoretical terms, the legacy of Doing Cultural Studies confirms that this classic read is not just about the Walkman itself, but represents a series of clear observations about the symbolic meanings of culture." - LSE Review of Books Why think about the Walkman in the 21st century? Can the Walkman help us understand today’s media and cultural practices? Through the notion of the 'circuit of culture', this book teaches students to critically examine what culture means, and how and why it is enmeshed with the media texts and objects in their lives. Students will: Unpack the key concepts of contemporary culture, such as mobility, materiality, consumption and identity Learn to think about some of the cultural conundrums of the present and their relation to the past, such as branding culture Look with fresh eyes at today's media world and the cultural practices it gives rise to Gain practical experience with the historical comparative method Practice their critical skills with up-to-date exercises and activities This book takes students on a journey between past and present, giving them the skills do to cultural analysis along the way. It remains the perfect 'how to' for students in media studies, cultural studies, design and sociology.

Download or read book Hands on Media History written by Nick Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hands on Media History explores the whole range of hands on media history techniques for the first time, offering both practical guides and general perspectives. It covers both analogue and digital media; film, television, video, gaming, photography and recorded sound. Understanding media means understanding the technologies involved. The hands on history approach can open our minds to new perceptions of how media technologies work and how we work with them. Essays in this collection explore the difficult questions of reconstruction and historical memory, and the issues of equipment degradation and loss. Hands on Media History is concerned with both the professional and the amateur, the producers and the users, providing a new perspective on one of the modern era’s most urgent questions: what is the relationship between people and the technologies they use every day? Engaging and enlightening, this collection is a key reference for students and scholars of media studies, digital humanities, and for those interested in models of museum and research practice.

Download or read book HWM written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Singapore's leading tech magazine gives its readers the power to decide with its informative articles and in-depth reviews.