Sound Pressure - How Speaker Systems Influence, Manipulate and Torture

Sound Pressure reveals how speaker systems mounted in public, employment, military and entertainment environments have played a pivotal role in the way that humans have been physiologically and psychologically organised and disciplined throughout the past century.

Sommario

Acknowledgements
Foreword: Speakers by Dave Tompkins
Introduction: Frequency-Based Force
Chapter 1: Muzak's Influence in the Fordist Factory
Chapter 2: Surround Sound Manipulation at the Waco Siege
Chapter 3: Torture in Black Ecstasy at Guantánamo Bay
Chapter 4: The Covert Aims of Directional Ultrasound
Chapter 5: Whispering to Talking Windows
Conclusion: Phantom Sound Systems
Bibliography

Info autore

Toby Heys is a Reader in Digital Technologies at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is also an affiliate researcher within Hexagram in Montreal, Canada. He is a member of the sonic research unit AUDINT, which produces art installations, vinyl records, performances, and books such as the upcoming Unsound:Undead anthology on Univocal.

Riassunto

Sound Pressure reveals how speaker systems mounted in public, employment, military and entertainment environments have played a pivotal role in the way that humans have been physiologically and psychologically organised and disciplined throughout the past century.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Toby Heys
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.08.2023
• EAN: 9781538147948
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4794-8
• Pagine: 232
• Serie: Media Philosophy
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Philosophy: aesthetics