Recovering the Voice in Our Techno-Social World - On the Phone (Hardcover)

Using a communicological perspective, Recovering the Voice in our Techno-Social World: On the Phone identifies voice (phone in Greek) as the essential medium for a re-enchantment of human communication in our highly impersonal techno-social environment. This book is a response to the growing concern by social critics that we are becoming a de-voiced society because of our preferences for hyper-textual, image-based forms of electronic connectivity. Ironically, while we are increasingly "on the phone," we are sacrificing our vocality within immediate ear-to-ear relations. Framed by the trope of enchantment, Deborah Eicher-Catt argues that the immediacy of the sounding voice calls us and enchants us to make possible productive moments of resonance in which we might cultivate an interpersonal resilience in today's fast-paced, media-saturated environment. Scholars of media studies, communication, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2020
Authors:	Deborah Eicher-Catt
Dimensions:	231 x 160 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-79360-527-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Promotions
LSN:	1-79360-527-0
Barcode:	9781793605276

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