Popular Science

With the release of his third album “To Pimp a Butterfly,” many critics believe that Kendrick Lamar has raised the bar for popular music artist including other pop artists such as Kanye West and Taylor Swift (Miers). Specifically, “Alright” is a powerful song (practice) made into a popular hit (product) by hip-hop and R&B radio stations (media) for all people, especially the African American community (audience). The song and live performance highlights the struggle of being a black male in a…

The new age of celebrity worshipping shows the negative impact and positive impact on social media. There’s nothing wrong with showing love to your favorite actress or singer but when it gets to the point of obsession that’s when we as a society needs to change the mindsets of the young generation. People who are overly obsesses with a particular favorite celebrity of theirs can sometimes end up having depression or even anxiety. There’s something good about showing love to your favorite actress…

stating how much knowledge can be shared through reading. In addition to this, Salter begins to highlight how changes in modern culture have negatively impacted literature. Similarly, he goes on to state that literature is becoming less and less popular especially to the masses. In Salter’s opinion this phenomenon is a disaster that should be addressed in order to preserve the timelessness of written works. Salter’s argument is ineffective due to his elitist tone, lack of credible examples, and…

imply not only remote locations but complex, sophisticated literate societies, displaced communities, diasporas, marginalised groups, and even abstract places within cultural industries, as evident in essays like Sara Cohen’s 'Ethnomusicology in Popular Music Studies.’ Essential skills were outlined such as, advance preparation for short-term ethnographic fieldwork, interpersonal tactics in formal and informal interviews, editing and translating field data to academic text, understanding…

asia Johnson English 131.45 Essay 2: First Version Why I Love Pop Culture Contrary to what many believe, you wouldn’t be who you are if it wasn’t’ for pop culture. Pop culture is the way of life targeted towards younger people. A reason I love pop culture is because it links every person on the planet. It serves as a unifying force for people of all backgrounds. Pop culture includes music, sports, television, fashion, social media, politics, and print. However, the three most influential forms…

For populations which are generally overrepresented in popular culture (such as straight, white, middle-clsas men), there isn’t as much of a need to stretch to connect the media seen to their lives. However, for other populations that have been ignored and systematically oppressed, meaning brings a new light…

Our unit of work focuses on the relationship between popular culture and the Australian society after WWII on the year 10 level for both the humanities and music leaning areas. This topic is part of the AUSVels year 10 history/ geography curriculum and aligned with the 2016 Victorian music curriculum. The main inquiry questions for this unit is: “How has global pop-culture (music, film and T.V.) influenced Australian Identity and society in a post WW2 environment?”. The three key terms for…

Who is Andra Day? Well, Andra Day became popular in late 2012 due to her releasing covers on Youtube (Musictory). She is also a thirty-two-year-old contemporary singer and songwriter. Her music background is R&B and Retro-Soul. In her song; “Rise Up”, Andra uses metaphors, imagery, similes, and a little bit of first person perspective as if she is right there with someone obtaining obstacles. Andra also uses a tone of motivation during the song to get someone through the rough times. In the…

drive, we listen to the radio we hear it in the shopping malls, and at times, we even put popular music as our cell phone ringtones. Even so, popular music has revolved around us in our everyday lives, and almost every pop song released on the radio gets big hits. Why is popular music gaining so much attention? It seems as if popular music is the norm in our society today because everyone listens to popular music. However, what we should really focus on is that pop music should not be considered…

A proponent of Westernization would argue that American popular culture is not making the world less homogeneous, but more diverse. However, American culture is really “‘representing a challenge for cultural diversity’” through the “cultural imperialism” of America (Appiah). In “The Case for Contamination” from…