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When we listen to a piece of produced audio, several layers of discourse to occur simultaneously to form one "seamless" message. But like any rhetorical message (and I think sound is usually produced to create some kind of response--therefore qualifying as rhetoric), what is intended to be communicated and what actually gets taken up by an audience is necessarily not perfect.
Because sound does not rely on visual cues, there can be some play with how different sounds get represented.
See the War of the Worlds stuff on one of our classmate's illustrious blogs.
Fred Newman from Prairie Home Companion:
Also, since an audio production is usually the sum of it's parts, those pieces can be pulled apart and reassembled (and mashed together with other parts) to create something completely new.
Like the appropriation of the old Wham! tune above--
or...
Black Mirror- Arcade Fire
or...
How many different pieces of discourse are being used to create this Danger Mouse mash-up?
Knowing how to use audio when we compose in the variety of new media environments becomes an important part of participating in and creating modern discourse.
Podcasts are less about pulling apart and more about cohesive messages, but learning how to compose a podcast is going to give us the tools to play we need to start messing around with audio in the ways mentioned above.
Sound Essays: In a recent CCCs article, Cynthia Selfe recommends the sound essay as an alternative/addition to the written essay. See her cited example here: Sonya Borton's Legacy Music
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