Sonic Warfare: Sound, Affect, and the Ecology of Fear
(Part of the Technologies of Lived Abstraction Series)
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An exploration of the production, transmission, and mutation of affective tonality--when sound helps produce a bad vibe. Sound can be deployed to produce discomfort, express a threat, or create an ambience of fear or dread--to produce a bad vibe. Sonic weapons of this sort include the "psychoacoustic correction" aimed at Panama strongman Manuel Noriega by the U.S. Army and at the Branch Davidians in Waco by the FBI, sonic booms (or "sound bombs")...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262013479
ISBN13:9780262013475
Release Date:January 2009
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:270 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 7.0" x 9.1"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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