Acoustic Communication COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SCIENCE A series of monographs, treatises, and texts Edited by MEL VIN J. VOIGT University of California, San Diego Editorial Board: Robert B. Arundale, University of Alaska, Walter S. Baer, Times-Mirror, Jörg Becker, Philipps- Universität Marburg, Erwin.
Bettinghaus, Michigan State University, Brenda Dervin, University of Washington, Nicholas R. Garnham, Polytechnic of Central London, George Gerbner, University of Pennsylvania, James D. Halloran, University of Leicester, Brigitte L. Kenny, Infocon, Inc., Manfred Kochen, University of Michigan, Robert G- Meadow, University of California, San Diego, Vincent Mosco, Queen's University, Kaarle Nor- denstreng, University of Tampere, Ithiel de Sola Pool, Massachusetts institute of Technology, Dieter Prokop, Frankfurt, Germany, Everett M.
Rogers, Stanford University, Herbert I. Schiller, University of California, San Diego, Russell Shank, University of California, Los Angeles, Alfred G. Smith, University of Texas, Austin, Frederick Williams, University of Southern California. Adams • Television Coverage of the Middle East William Adams * Television Coverage of International Affairs William Adams • Television Coverage of the 1980 Presidential Campaign Alan Baughcum and Gerald Faulhaber • Telecommunications Access and Public Policy Mary B- Cassata and Thomas Skill • Life on Daytime Television Hewitt D.
Crane • The New Social Marketplace Rhonda J. Crane • The Politics of International Standards Herbert S. Bradley, and Burt Nanus • The Emerging Network Marketplace Glen Fisher • American Communication in a Global Society Oscar H. • Beyond Agenda Setting Oscar H., Paul Espinosa, and Janusz A.
Ordover • Proceedings from the Tenth Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference Edmund Glenn • Man and Mankind: Conflict and Communication Between Cultures Gerald Goldhaber, Harry S. Dennis III, Gary M. Richetto, and Osmo A. Wiio • Information Strategies Bradley S.
Greenberg • Life on Television: Content Analyses of U. TV Drama Bradley S. Greenberg, Michael Burgoon, Judee K. Burgoon, and Felipe Korzenny • Mexican Americans and the Mass Media Cees J.
Hamelink • Finance and Information: A Study of Converging Interests Robert Landau, James H. Bair, and Jean H. Siegman • Emerging Office Systems John S. Lawrence and Bernard M.
Timberg • Fair Use and Free Inquiry Robert G. Meadow • Politics as Communication William H. Salter, and Paul Heyer • Culture, Communication, and Dependency Vincent Mosco • Broadcasting in the United States Vincent Mosco Pushbutton Fantasies Kaarle NordensTreng • The Mass Media Declaration of UNESCO Kaarle Nordenstreng and Herbert Schiller • National Sovereignty and International Communication Harry J. Otway and Malcolm Peltu * New Office Technology Ithiel de Sola Pool • Forecasting the Telephone Dan Schiller • Telematics and Government Herbert I.
Schiller • Who Knows: Information in the Age of the Fortune 500 Jorge A. Schnitman • Film Industries in Latin America Indu B. Singh • Telecommunications in the Year 2000 Jennifer Daryl Slack • Communication Technologies and Society Dallas W. Smythe • Dependency Road Sari Thomas • Studies in Communication Volumes 1-3 Janet Wasko • Movies and Money In Preparation: Bruce Austin • Current Research in Film Heather Hudson • Telecommunications and Development James Larson • Television's Window on the World Kenneth Kraemer and William Dutton • Modeling as Negotiating John Lawrence • The Electronic Scholar Armand Mattelart and Hector Schmucler • Communication and Information Technologies Vincent Mosco • Proceedings from the Eleventh Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference Everett Rogers and Francis Balle • The Media Revolution in America and in Western Europe Herbert I.
Schiller • Information and the Crisis Economy Keith R. Stamm • Newspaper Use and Community Ties Robert S. Taylor • Value — Added Processes in Information Systems Tran Van Dinh • Diplomacy and Communication in a Changing World Tran Van Dinh • Independence, Liberation, Revolution Georgette Wang and Wimal Dissanayake • Continuity and Change in Communication Systems Acoustic Communication Barry Truax Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (Ä) Ablex Publishing Corporation Norwood, New Jersey 07648 Copyright © 1984 by Ablex Publishing Corporation All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without permission of the publisher.
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