I read a dissertation written by a psychology student involving headphones. There was a study performed Erin Beardsley to determine the function of ear plugging and to study the benefits of noise dampening headphones. Their test subject was a 15 year old autistic boy named Matthew. I know from having […]
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This is our group’s Key Image: Image Source: Newman, Mike. “The History of Headphones.” Cool Material, 5 Sept. 2017. Accessed: Oct. 30, 2019. coolmaterial.com/roundup/history-of-headphones/.
Skeleton Outline for the Research Site We will be dividing our project’s website into the following five pages: Home Page / About ( featuring the iconic image which will serve as an entry to our group’s project.) A page explaining and hosting our documentary. Proposal & Bibliography Antecedents Blog Posts […]
Project Proposal For our project, we are proposing to create an informative documentary on headphones. We will be looking at the invention’s antecedents, historical progression, and interaction with American society and culture. Our blog posts regarding the topic will range from “Cultural Impact”, to “Antecedents”. We will be exploring the […]
I read the article “Urban Headphone Listening and the Situational Fit of Music, Radio and Podcasting.” written by Lars Nyre. This article went over the history of the headphone and then how it is used by different people now days in urban environments. It was a really interesting to read […]
“November 24, 1980 Issue Viewer.” Vault, https://www.si.com/vault/issue/70915/15. Accessed 18 Sept. 2019. In 1980, Koss Corporation put an ad in a Sports Illustrated Magazine with Mona Lisa wearing headphones and captioned, “Ever wonder why she’s smiling?”. They were advertising their new Stereophones. Koss claimed that it was a fraction of the […]
In the primary source titled: A History of Headphones: How the Technology Has Evolved, by Georgia Wells, the progression of headphone-like technology into the development of what we know today as modern headphones are explained in a text-based timeline. The article begins by explaining the initial idea of headphones, which […]