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The document discusses the topic of Telefoni Bianchi/Fascist media and the relationship with the human voice. It explores how the voice became an authoritative figure under Mussolini and fascism as technologies like the gramophone, radio, and telephone emerged. The invention of these devices transformed how people interacted with voices and each other. The author aims to explain the relationship between the films called Telefoni Bianchi and the increasing presence of the telephone in Italian society under fascism.

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The document discusses the topic of Telefoni Bianchi/Fascist media and the relationship with the human voice. It explores how the voice became an authoritative figure under Mussolini and fascism as technologies like the gramophone, radio, and telephone emerged. The invention of these devices transformed how people interacted with voices and each other. The author aims to explain the relationship between the films called Telefoni Bianchi and the increasing presence of the telephone in Italian society under fascism.

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KairiSameshima

Topic:TelefoniBianchi/Fascistmediaandtherelationshipwiththevoice

SoundasatechnologicalmediumhasalwaysbeenafascinationtotheItalianpublic.
Andthisfascinationhasalwaysbeenfocusedmoretowardsthecaptureandstorageofthe
humanvoice.Whileotherformsofrecordingmediahaveexisteduntiltheinventionofthe
gramophone,theaccuraterecordingofthehumanvoicehasadistinctcharacteristicof
intimacyandpersonality.Astheworldbeginstointeractwithtechnologyandsound,the
voicethroughmachinerybecomesanauthoritativefigureasMussoliniandthefascistparty
takecontrolofItaly.Therelationshipbetweenthepersonandthevoicetransformsasthey
listentoIlDuce'sspeechesthroughloudspeakersandovertheradio.Atthesametime,the
telephonealsoentersthemodernhouseholdasanothersourceofvoicethroughmachinery.
Socialbarriersarebeingbrokendown,andthetraditionofhowpeoplecommunicateare
quicklyshifted.WhatIfoundmostinterestingwasthedevelopmentofcinemaunderfascism
andthepowerfulinfluencetheinventionofthetelephonehadinthethemesofthesefilms.
WhatIlooktoaccomplishinthispaperistheunderstandandexplaintherelationship
between
TelefoniBianchi
andthetelephone.

Sources:

Balbi,G.(2011b)
TheOriginsoftheTelephoneinItaly,18771915:Politics,Eco
nomics,TechnologyandSociety
,in"InternationalJournalofCommunication",
5,pp.10581081.

Balbi,G.
Theidlesmattered.TheearlyItaliantelephoneanditsusers

Gul,Roberto.
FilmCensorshipDuringFascism

Gundle,Stephen.Mussolini'sDreamFactory:FilmStardominFascistItaly.N.p.:n.p.,n.d.Print.

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