Sound Theory
Sound Theory is a subfield of film theory that systematically analyzes the functions, structures, and aesthetic and narrative effects of sound—including dialogue, music, effects, and silence—in shaping cinematic meaning and spectator experience.
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Lord Rayleigh, Norman H. Nachtrieb · Physics Today · 1957 · 3.5K citations
Choice Reviews Online · 1994 · 1.6K citations
Humanities, Audiology, Film Studies +17
Sonic warfare: sound, affect, and the ecology of fear
Choice Reviews Online · 2010 · 921 citations
Humanities, Musicology, Acoustics +15
Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 576 citations
The talkies: American cinema's transition to sound, 1926-1931
Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 387 citations
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Paris, France
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5 publications
129 citations

Oakland University
Rochester, United States
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2 publications
37 citations
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
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40 citations

University of York
York, United Kingdom
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2 publications
46 citations

University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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2 publications
194 citations
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beersheba, Israel
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2 publications
65 citations
Kansas State University
Manhattan, United States
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3 publications
384 citations
Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationspolitik
Berlin, Germany
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CRO · 25 publications · 5.7K citations
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