English 320

Ryan Um Due Date: 02-19-2018 Professor Brooks English 320 SSR #2: Discrimination of Sound Summary: In the second chapter of Radio and the Gendered Soundscape , Christine Ehrick states that Radio Femenina’s owners were “more interested in capturing women as consumers rather than shaping them into political beings.” (Ehrick, 71) With women being less represented in the radio, it was hard for women to even get their opinions heard and it was common practice to have minorities in these positions to fill a minority position. The fact that the producers were not concerned at all with the representation and rather the demographic that the women would appeal to speaks volumes about the mindset of these individuals and it seems like history is doomed to repeat that mistake over and over again. Their representation, while important to the industry, was used as an appeal to women and lacked the authenticity of radio programs that decided not to focus solely on appeal. Synthesi...

1. Technically all the molecules in the world are consistantly vibrating. All touch and movement vibrates the molecules around a person and can even produce sounds that can effect the the soundscape that you create, especially if it is a sound you recognize. 2. One time I burned something in the microwave and the burning smell consumed my house so that all we could smell was the burning. When we left our house, our sense of smell got heightened and it was a major breath of fresh air. We could smell so many more things because we weren't suffocated.