MP3: The Meaning of a Format

MP3: The Meaning of a Format

By
Jonathan Sterne
Jonathan Sterne
2012 • 359 pages

Jonathan Sterne shows that understanding the historical meaning of the MP3, the world's most common format for recorded audio, involves rethinking the place of digital technologies in the broader universe of twentieth-century communication history.

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Sign, Storage, Transmission

Sign, Storage, Transmission is a 7-book series first released in 2012 with contributions by Jonathan Sterne, David Novak, and Lisa Gitelman.

MP3: The Meaning of a Format
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