human microphone

English

Noun

human microphone (plural not attested)

  1. (communication) A means of delivering a speech to a large group of people, wherein persons gathered around the speaker repeat the speaker's words, thus amplifying the voice of the speaker without the need for amplification equipment.
    Synonyms: people's mic, people's microphone
    • 2013 January 8, Rossana Reguillo, “Human Mic: Technologies for Democracy”, in North American Congress on Latin America‎[1], retrieved 9 January 2013:
      By linking the word to the body and the crowd, the human microphone transformed an obstacle into an important asset for the social movements in the street.

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