Media ventriloquism : how audiovisual technologies transform the voice-body relationship / edited by Jaimie Baron, Jennifer Fleeger, and Shannon Wong Lerner.
2021
P96.I34 M425 2021
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Title
Media ventriloquism : how audiovisual technologies transform the voice-body relationship / edited by Jaimie Baron, Jennifer Fleeger, and Shannon Wong Lerner.
ISBN
9780197563663 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
Call Number
P96.I34 M425 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
302.2
Summary
The word 'ventriloquism' has traditionally referred to the act of throwing one's voice into an object that appears to speak. Media Ventriloquism repurposes the term to reflect our complex vocal relationship with media technologies. The 21st century has offered an array of technological means to separate voice from body, practices which have been used for good and ill. We currently zoom about the internet, in conversations full of audio glitches, using tools that make it possible to live life at a distance. Yet at the same time, these technologies subject us to the potential for audiovisual manipulation. But this voice/body split is not new. This book explores some of these experiences of ventriloquism and considers the political and ethical implications of separating bodies from voices.
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The word 'ventriloquism' has traditionally referred to the act of throwing one's voice into an object that appears to speak. Media Ventriloquism repurposes the term to reflect our complex vocal relationship with media technologies. The 21st century has offered an array of technological means to separate voice from body, practices which have been used for good and ill. We currently zoom about the internet, in conversations full of audio glitches, using tools that make it possible to live life at a distance. Yet at the same time, these technologies subject us to the potential for audiovisual manipulation. But this voice/body split is not new. This book explores some of these experiences of ventriloquism and considers the political and ethical implications of separating bodies from voices.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 12, 2021).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version: 9780197563625
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