![]() ![]() So I started to see it as the ancestor of our current personal devices and started to learn about the ways that it had influenced and changed public space at the time that it was introduced in the early '80s." "You can argue the transistor radio, but this was more individualized and immersive. "It was the first time people were carrying a device around with them in public that provided them with their own personal form of entertainment," she continued. "When I started to think about it more and research it more, I realized that it was an even richer subject than I had originally realized because, as I say in the book, the Walkman was arguably the first mass personal device," Tuhus-Dubrow told WPR's " BETA." ![]() ![]() Even though she was just a toddler during the Walkman’s early years, she’s gone on to write a book called "Personal Stereo." Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow was born in 1978, the year before the Walkman debuted. Please recommend "BETA" to all of your fellow 18- to 34-year-olds. Shuji Kajiyama/AP PhotoĪnd if you’re too young to remember the Walkman, we thank you for helping us attract that coveted 18 to 34 demographic. In this July 2009 file photo, Sony's first Walkman is shown at a special display commemorating the Walkman's 30th anniversary at the Sony Archive building in Tokyo, Japan. ![]()
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