{"product_id":"mp3-the-meaning-of-a-format-9780822352877","title":"MP3: The Meaning of a Format","description":"\u003ci\u003eMP3: The Meaning of a Format\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the hundred-year history of the world's most common format for recorded audio. Understanding the historical meaning of the MP3 format entails rethinking the place of digital technologies in the larger universe of twentieth-century communication history, from hearing research conducted by the telephone industry in the 1910s, through the mid-century development of perceptual coding (the technology underlying the MP3), to the format's promiscuous social life since the mid 1990s.\u003cp\u003eMP3s are products of compression, a process that removes sounds unlikely to be heard from recordings. Although media history is often characterized as a progression toward greater definition, fidelity, and truthfulness, \u003ci\u003eMP3: The Meaning of a Format\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the crucial role of compression in the development of modern media and sound culture. Taking the history of compression as his point of departure, Jonathan Sterne investigates the relationships among sound, silence, sense, and noise; the commodity status of recorded sound and the economic role of piracy; and the importance of standards in the governance of our emerging media culture. He demonstrates that formats, standards, and infrastructures--and the need for content to fit inside them--are every bit as central to communication as the boxes we call \"media.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Sterne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822352877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Sterne teaches in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies, and the History and Philosophy of Science Program at McGill University. He is the author of the award-winning book \u003ci\u003eThe Audible Past: Cultural Origins of Sound Reproduction\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Sound Studies Reader\u003c\/i\u003e. Sterne has written for \u003ci\u003eTape Op\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePunk Planet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBad Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e, and other alternative press venues. He also makes music and other audio works. Visit his website at http: \/\/sterneworks.org.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45236515143795,"sku":"9780822352877","price":60.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ad85c10e-d392-4726-8999-d17676984210.jpg?v=1784028318","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/mp3-the-meaning-of-a-format-9780822352877","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}