Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
COURSEWORK
The singer not the song
The singer not the song: the act of performance and the cultural construction of the singer
- Taylor Swift
Key theoretical approach
-Feminism
-Marxism - she's go against the ideas of Marxists; she runs her own management company an
Research about:
- how she got discovered
- her genre
- her influence
- her influence
- her target listeners
- instruments she can play
- how she differ from other artist
- criticisms/controversies
- her image
Thursday, 17 October 2013
THE SONG: Ideas
Communication and
Culture COURSEWORK: THE SONG
Theme 1: The song
as a text
Any song with personal significance with the singer- songwriter.e.g. songs from Dolly Parton, Eminem, Kanye West, Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift.
Theme 2 Redemption song
e.g.
- K'naan- Wavin flag
- Bob Marley
Redemption Song
or any other Bob Marley songs
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-50-greatest-songs-mw0001678298
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-50-greatest-songs-mw0001678298
- Eminem
“White America”
Theme 3: Sold out
e.g.
- Icona Pop- I love it
Samsung phone commercial
- Queen - We will rock you (Beyonce, Pink, Britney)
Pepsi Commercial
Theme 4: The
singer not the song
e.g.
e.g.
- The Civil Wars
- Mumford and sons
- Taylor Swift
- Joni Mitchell
- James Taylor
- Carly Simon
- Bob Marley
Theme 5: This is
my song
- The Civil Wars - I've got this friend
- Needtobreathe- Something Beautiful
- Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Theme 6: Wondrous
stories
e.g.
e.g.
- Taylor Swift- All too well
- Taylor Swift- State Of Grace
- Les miserable – I dreamed a dream
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Friday, 11 October 2013
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
LINKS: Marxism and Market Liberalism
‘Wall Street’ - Gordon Gekko
- He talks about how greed will save the newspapers companies as well as America. He suggest that America have 2nd rate power and it is trade and physical deficete. He states the problems facing today's private sector, while blasting the bureaucracy responsible for said problems in the first place.
Milton Friedman on why Capitalism is best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLiVoHuBvNI&feature=related
- He talks about the distribution of wealth all over the place, and the greed runs all countries. He also suggested that Civilisation is not from the government it is created by individuals.
Bill Gates "How to fix capitalism"
- Bill Gates thinks that the gap between the poor and the rest of the world is growing. He suggest that if you are poor your voice will not be heard in the market place. Capitalism needs drawings from big companies, small companies and funding education will help capitalist/capitalism to grow even bigger.
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy "Television", "The Drug of the Nation "
- It talks about how Television distorts peoples percerption of what is right and wrong. He thinks that television create false consiousness, false consiousness is mainly for the poor, the poor accept their possition and refuse to find solution to their sufferings.
John Perkins ‘The truth about capitalism’
- It talks about global empire, and that countries with great resources the capitalism/capitalist will invade and take all of their resources. Capitalism or big companies will not benefit the poor instead they need to pay taxes and work for them will very low pay.
Problems with materialism
- It talks about how good life equals "goods life". They suggested that happiness is because of material things, however, there are some down sides; for example scientists suggested that if materialism is high the lower pro social, and the higher materialism the lower activities a person will do and also they also will care less about the earth or the environment in general. Materialism can also create depression.
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