Matthew F Jordan
Biographic Data
| ID | 10169744 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew F Jordan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew F |
| FAMILY NAME | Jordan |
| SIGNATURE | JORDAN M F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Many Voices of Harry Shearer
This article examines how Harry Shearer uses the rhetorical technique of ethopoeia in Le Show to draw attention to the sonic properties of different types of programming in the radio ecosystem. It focuses on his impersonation of Rush Limbaugh as an exemplar of a kind of right-wing radio voice that uses certain rhetorical tropes and sonic features as the basis for its appeal. By using satire to draw attention to that right-wing radio voice, which …
Canned Music and Captive Audiences
This article recounts the fight over public soundspace at Grand Central Terminal in 1949 after management began using Muzak, punctuated by commercial advertisements, to manage and monetize the soundscape. The public protests against these broadcasts in the press were followed by public hearings which weighed the commuter's right to be left alone with his or her own thoughts against the company's right broadcast sell the public soundspace. The aut…
The French connection
In the 20th century, jazz music spread throughout global culture like few other musical forms. Over the 40-year period in which jazz was assimilated into French culture, myths about the origin of jazz played an important role in the discourse surrounding the music. By examining both how these myths functioned in the discourse and examining how they changed over time depending on cultural circumstances, this article shows how writers increasingly …
Discophilie or Discomanie
This article examines the early debate over the impact of people listening to phonograph records on musical culture and French cultural health. The new private experience of listening to mechanised music made possible by phonograph technology, and the different ways in which this recorded music was used, radically challenged the traditional conceptions of public musical cultural praxis. Throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, French critics were fo…
How jazz got francisé
Canned Music and Captive Audiences
This article recounts the fight over public soundspace at Grand Central Terminal in 1949 after management began using Muzak, punctuated by commercial advertisements, to manage and monetize the soundscape. The public protests against these broadcasts in the press were followed by public hearings which weighed the commuter's right to be left alone with his or her own thoughts against the company's right broadcast sell the public soundspace. The aut…
How jazz got francisé
Discophilie or Discomanie
This article examines the early debate over the impact of people listening to phonograph records on musical culture and French cultural health. The new private experience of listening to mechanised music made possible by phonograph technology, and the different ways in which this recorded music was used, radically challenged the traditional conceptions of public musical cultural praxis. Throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, French critics were fo…
The French connection
In the 20th century, jazz music spread throughout global culture like few other musical forms. Over the 40-year period in which jazz was assimilated into French culture, myths about the origin of jazz played an important role in the discourse surrounding the music. By examining both how these myths functioned in the discourse and examining how they changed over time depending on cultural circumstances, this article shows how writers increasingly …
Canned Music and Captive Audiences
This article recounts the fight over public soundspace at Grand Central Terminal in 1949 after management began using Muzak, punctuated by commercial advertisements, to manage and monetize the soundscape. The public protests against these broadcasts in the press were followed by public hearings which weighed the commuter's right to be left alone with his or her own thoughts against the company's right broadcast sell the public soundspace. The aut…
The Many Voices of Harry Shearer
This article examines how Harry Shearer uses the rhetorical technique of ethopoeia in Le Show to draw attention to the sonic properties of different types of programming in the radio ecosystem. It focuses on his impersonation of Rush Limbaugh as an exemplar of a kind of right-wing radio voice that uses certain rhetorical tropes and sonic features as the basis for its appeal. By using satire to draw attention to that right-wing radio voice, which …
Art (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · History (2 works) · Identity (music (2 works) · Jazz (2 works) · Music History and Culture (2 works) · Musical (2 works)