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Recovering the Voice in Our Techno-Social World: On the Phone

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Deborah Eicher-CattRowman & Littlefield

In Recovering the Voice in Our Techno-Social World: On the Phone, Deborah Eicher-Catt examines voice as a key medium for human communication in what the author describes as a u201cde-voicedu201d society that increasingly relies on text- and image-based connectivity, even u201con the phone.u201d Eicher-Catt invokes the idea of u201cenchantmentu201d and argues that the immediacy of voice remains particularly important in todayu2019s fast-paced world. 

This book is the winner of the NCA Philosophy of Communication Divisionu2019s 2021 Top Book Award. 

Deborah Eicher-Catt is Professor Emerita of Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, York.