FILM 240 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Folk Rock, Mick Jagger, Tina Turner
10 Dec 2012
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Before internet, first major media convergence involved relationship between sound recording and radio industries. Cylinders to disks: sound recording becomes a mass medium. In 1850"s french printer edouard-leon scott de martinville conducted first experiments with sound recording. Noticed that different sounds made different trails in lamp back but couldn"t do playbacks. 1887, thomas edison figured out play-backs (used tinfoil around a metal cylinder) trying to playback his own voice (these cylinders became known as the phonograph) Chichester bell (cousin of alex graham bell) patented an improvement on phonograph- the graphophone (both inventions had marginal success) Emile berliner, a german engineer, created a gramophone, bringing sound recording into its mass medium stage (could be easily duplicated in mass quantities) This developed a star system as labels were stamped and fans could identify favorites. Victrolas: placing hardware of the record player inside furniture. First electronic record players were available in 1925, with the gramophone being an essential appliance in most american homes.
