MUS 3308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Media Studies, Dixie Chicks, Chord Progression
23 Apr 2016
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Journalistic writing includes: reviews, magazine articles, and interviews: interviews: blogs, documentaries, etc. Journalistic writing = anything that"s not academic: instant reactions, important in helping to create a historical narrative. Academic/scholarly writing: books and articles from a variety of different disciplines, including sociology, musicology, media studies, etc: engage a broader ranger of theories, methods, and issues, written after-the-fact (journalistic accounts are written in the present) Economic connection, large audiences and large distribution, radio airplay, chart rankings, connection to recording technology. Popular and pop aren"t synonymous; pop is one type of popular music, popular music also includes rock, country, electronic dance music, etc. Considerations include: geographical location: our popular music isn"t the same popular music in every country and in every language, time period: our popular music began post-1920s. What is considered popular music changes over time, ex: classical music was popular music in its time.
