Book review: Globalization and Media in the Digital Platform Age

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Todd Nesbitt
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Erving Goffman, Roland Barthes and Edward Hall. The writing and discussion of this book reminds me of many other theoretical works on sound, voice and listening not mentioned in the book itself, including Canetti’s (1984) Crowd and Power, Erlmann’s (2014) Reason and Resonance, Ingold’s (2000) The Perception of the Environment, and various discussions of sound and affect in recent sounds studies scholarship. Overall, it is an easy, pleasant and intellectually stimulating book. It is, as stated in the Preface, intended for non-academic readership. If one is eager to find out how the author tackles the brilliant question of why people sing, one may feel a bit disappointed to find the question being squarely addressed only in the last chapter. As the author notes, the previous three chapters can be read as footnotes for Chapter 4. In a sense, Chapters 2 and 3 are still important; they provide a personal context (with engaging research stories and details) of the philosophical speculation on talk, singing and communication. If this book had been written 13 years ago and if I had read it then, I would have had more confidence to remain in communication studies with a more articulated defence for my proposed dissertation research on new music/sound culture as communication. After years of research in sound studies, reading this book gives me a feeling of déjà vu. All is meant to be.
书评:全球化与数字平台时代的媒体
埃尔文·戈夫曼、罗兰·巴特和爱德华·霍尔。这本书的写作和讨论让我想起了书中没有提到的许多其他关于声音、声音和听力的理论著作,包括Canetti(1984)的《人群与力量》、Erlmann(2014)的《理性与共鸣》、Ingold(2000)的《环境感知》,以及最近声音研究学术界对声音和情感的各种讨论。总的来说,这是一本简单,愉快和智力刺激的书。正如序言中所说,它是为非学术读者准备的。如果人们急于了解作者是如何解决人们为什么唱歌这一绝妙问题的,那么人们可能会感到有点失望,因为这个问题只在最后一章得到了明确的解决。正如作者所指出的,前三章可以作为第四章的脚注阅读。从某种意义上说,第二章和第三章仍然很重要;它们提供了一个关于谈话、歌唱和交流的哲学思考的个人背景(有引人入胜的研究故事和细节)。如果这本书是13年前写的,如果我当时读过它,我会更有信心继续从事传播研究,并为我提出的关于新音乐/声音文化作为传播的论文研究提供更明确的辩护。经过多年的声音研究,读这本书给我一种似曾相识的感觉。一切都是命中注定的。
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期刊介绍: Global Media and Communication is an international peer-reviewed journal launched in April 2005 as a key forum for articulating critical debates and developments in the continuously changing global media and communications environment. As a pioneering platform for the exchange of ideas and multiple perspectives, the journal addresses fresh and contentious research agendas and promotes an academic dialogue that is fully transnational and transdisciplinary in its scope. With a network of ten regional editors around the world, the journal offers a global source of material on international media and cultural processes. Special features include interviews, reviews of recent media developments and digests of policy documents and data reports from a variety of countries.
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