I've been thinking how we live in such a visual world. Youtube, vimeo, bluefish and the list goes on. I have to admit that I love it. Since the introduction of the television at the 1939 worlds fair, we can watch what with delight our favorite programs and surf through hundreds of channels to find virtually what we want to watch.
But what about audio? If we are baby boomers or younger, many of us don't know what its like without TV. We don't have any idea what its like to sit around a radio to The Shadow, Little Orphan Annie etc. I can't help but think how our imagination works differently with only audio. There are times when I really like just listening. Your imagination goes from what the people look like, to where they are sitting, to whom are they talking, what they are wearing, and what the setting is. When we listen to radio, we all have an image of what the DJ, news person or traffic guy may look like. We imagine!
I also wonder if a debate would turn out differently if we only used audio. We would only listen to substance, articulation etc. How they "look" would be inconsequential.
So give it a chance. I'm posting a link to Old Time Radio. Feel free to give it a try and see what kind of images you come up with.
Gotta go. I'm in the middle of listen to a 1950 broadcast of "Father Knows Best."
http://www.radiolovers.com/
But what about audio? If we are baby boomers or younger, many of us don't know what its like without TV. We don't have any idea what its like to sit around a radio to The Shadow, Little Orphan Annie etc. I can't help but think how our imagination works differently with only audio. There are times when I really like just listening. Your imagination goes from what the people look like, to where they are sitting, to whom are they talking, what they are wearing, and what the setting is. When we listen to radio, we all have an image of what the DJ, news person or traffic guy may look like. We imagine!
I also wonder if a debate would turn out differently if we only used audio. We would only listen to substance, articulation etc. How they "look" would be inconsequential.
So give it a chance. I'm posting a link to Old Time Radio. Feel free to give it a try and see what kind of images you come up with.
Gotta go. I'm in the middle of listen to a 1950 broadcast of "Father Knows Best."
http://www.radiolovers.com/
