Culture Analysis of "Sound Check"

In this post I will be analyzing the text I have chosen to focus on in this module is by John Schwartz, whose article "Sound Check" was published in the New York Times in 2012. He focuses on the audiobook genre and what goes into recording a good audiobook.

1. Keywords
audiobook: the act of reading has now been challenged with the introduction of so-called audiobooks where a person isn't actually reading at all.
voice: the most important aspect of an audiobook, as defined by the author in this article. The voice of the narrator can make or break an audiobook.
acting: not only has reading a book itself changed, but the way a book is read. The narrator must adopt a certain persona when recording an audiobook.

2. Thesis
There was no thesis plainly stated so I developed my own thesis based off of my analysis.
Successful audiobooks are entirely dependent on the nature in which they are written and the talent and portrayal of the actors and/or authors reading them aloud.

3. Connection

It is of great value to understand the importance of the keywords in order to properly understand the thesis. The three keywords are also the three main aspects of a successful audiobook. The author writes in this article the qualities that make a successful audiobook and characteristics that detract from the story. The reader is more likely to like a successful audiobook.

Einarson, Nicole. "Audiobook_logo_small." 10/24/12 via Flickr. Creative Commons License.