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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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    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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