1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459380803321

Autore

Stevenson Robert Joseph

Titolo

Organizational reaction to social deviance [[electronic resource] ] : the military case / / Robert J. Stevenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., 2010

ISBN

0-87586-791-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

306.2/70973

Soggetti

Sociology, Military - United States

Military discipline - United States

Social control - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Social deviance and military sociology : introduction -- Internal controls : courts-martial -- Organizational reaction : "bad paper" discharges -- Containment and expulsion -- The physical and social risks of war -- Organizational reaction and the officer-enlisted distinction -- Organizational reaction and the volume of deviance in the army : the Vietnam era -- Social deviance in military institutions : summary and implications.

Sommario/riassunto

Military justice issues have become increasingly salient since 9/11. And indeed, the types and frequency of sanctioning in the military have changed substantially since World War II. This study explores differences in how officers and enlisted men are treated, how the different branches of the military have imposed sanctions, and changes in severity and frequency of sanctions during different periods of different wars. The character of social institutions is known by the nature of rule breakers discovered, or created, within them. The US Military produces casualties in terms of due to physical



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798176103321

Autore

Brøvig-Hanssen Ragnhild

Titolo

Digital signatures : the impact of digitization on popular music sound / / Ragnhild Brøvig-Hanssen and Anne Danielsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA : , : The MIT Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-262-33445-3

0-262-33446-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

781.640285

Soggetti

Popular music - Philosophy and aesthetics

Popular music - Production and direction

Sound - Recording and reproducing - Digital techniques

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : digital technology and popular music sound -- Making sense of digital spatiality : Kate Bush's eerie collage -- The instrument formerly known as the machine : hyper-accuracy and sonic richness in Prince's Kiss -- The rebirth of silence in the company of noise : Portishead going retro -- Cut-ups and glitches : Los Sampler's and Squarepusher's freeze and flow -- Seasick computers : microrhythmic manipulation in the era of endless undo -- Autotuned voices : alienation and brokenhearted androids -- Popular music in the digital era.

Sommario/riassunto

How sonically distinctive digital "signatures"--Including reverb, glitches, and autotuning -- affect the aesthetics of popular music, analyzed in works by Prince, Lady Gaga, and others.