Tune out: Music, soundscapes and the urban mise-en-scéne

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 846-866

  Beer, David ^a  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aural ecology; City; iPod; Miniaturization; Mobility; MP3; Music; Sound; Urban soundscape

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549069921     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180701751031     Document Type: Article

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