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Ethnic concerns in sound design

In the lesson today, a topic I previously hadn’t thought about came up. What are the ethical concerns of your

For my Contemporary issues in Sound Arts unit, I am looking into glass instruments and our cultural effects on them.

An interesting example of mass hysteria in sound occurred in 1938. The radio play, War of the Worlds, was broadcasted

In 2020, COVID-19 took over the world becoming one of the largest, most contagious and most dangerous viruses we now

For this project, I have contributed 4 of the six soundtracks. These are the underwater theme, the ragtime song, the

The glass armonica quickly became a bad omen for any who listened or played it, due to what happened to

Are glass instruments dangerous to the audience? Currently, the main explanation for the many deaths linked to the glass armonica

A contemporary form of moral panic is the panic against UK drill music. Due to its themes of gangs, knife

“An instance of public anxiety or alarm in response to a problem regarded as threatening the moral standards of society.”

After the rise of glass instruments in the 18th century, a fast and steep decline soon came upon this instrument.