MUSIC OF THE WORKPLACE: A STUDY OF MUZAK CULTURE (SOCIAL CHANGE IDEOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY)

The dissertation focuses on the music of the MUZAK Corporation in order to examine the social impact of sound technology on patterns of social interaction and personal meaning creation. As an ethnography the dissertation focuses on both the history and technical development of MUZAK, as well as on t...

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Main Author: HUSCH, JERRI ANN
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1984
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8418890