The aim of this book is to explore the phenomenon of the electrified voice through interdisciplinary approaches such as media and technology studies, social history, and comparative cultural studies. The book focuses on three problem clusters: reflections on the societal level about the task of electronic voice transmission; the mediation of gender- and occupation-specific vocal stereotypes in audio and audio-visual formats; and the genesis of such vocal stereotypes in national radio and film cultures. Such a historicizing approach to societal experience in the field of voice mediation, including the use and interpretation of voice media, is today of great relevance in light of the collective learning processes currently triggered by rapid advances in technology.

Dr. Dmitri Zakharine promovierte 1995 an der Lomonossow-Universität Moskau in der Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft und habilitierte sich 2005 an der Universität Konstanz. Er besitzt die Lehrberechtigung für Kultursoziologie und Neuere Geschichte und ist als Privatdozent an der Universität Konstanz tätig.