MUS 16.04 Transmissions: Histories and Theories of Broadcast Sound
This course traces the history of broadcast sound from its inception through the golden age of radio, the use of sound and music in television and film, and into the current internet age. With its focus on sound and music, this course addresses an often-underexamined aspect of media history. We will explore a variety of different concepts and approaches used to analyze mediated music and discuss how concepts central to media studies—including text, audience, genre, industry, ideology and identity—function when applied to sound. At the end of the course, students will turn theory into practice through writing, recording and producing an episode of their own podcast.
Instructor
Simon
Cross Listed Courses
FILM 46.10