Blog Post #5

1. Hearing is to perceive sound and requires no attention while listening requires attentiveness and the ability to understand and process the sound being made. The brain gets more involve rather than the ears when listening. To listen, the listener intends to connect and engage with others creating a deeper understanding about the situation.
2. Sound has played a role in shaping a city and redesigning a place. Schafer and Krukowski states, that “through audio, we’re privatizing our public spaces just like the redesign of astro-place into a pedestrian plaza” Digital media creates a sense of privatized space on public spaces by using sounds to detach themselves from their surroundings. This of course, creates a refuge place on one’s devices that they can carrie when traveling or when they don’t want to be bothered.