Recording

by Irving E. Fang

Here’s a little test to find out how much you use recorded sound and On average, how much time each day do you listen to recorded music either on radio or your own tape or CD? How much money do you spend on music? On average, how often do you watch a videotape or DVD of a movie or TV show? How often do you go out to a movie or watch a recorded movie or program on television? How often do you slip a CD into your computer to play a game or learn a foreign language? How about using a Play Station or a Game Boy? How many commercials did you see or hear since this time yesterday? There is no right answer, but there is one more What do your answers tell you? Recording, the fifth in the 11-volume series, The Story of Communication, traces the story of recording from the time that Thomas Edison shouted “Whooo” into a funnel and heard it back.

105 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2004

About the author

Dr. Irving E. Fang was a journalist and educator.

Fang began his journalist career after World War II as a reporter and editor. In 1954, he moved to London as an editor for Reuters, then to Lagos, Nigeria to edit the Daily Times. In 1955 he returned to the United States, working in California and Indiana. In 1960 he became a newswriter for KABC television in Los Angeles. In 1966 he worked as an assistant manager in ABC News. In 1969, he became a professor at the University of Minnesota.