CMNS 321 Study Guide - Final Guide: Minstrel, Music Of Africa, Music Week

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 321
• Professor: Vincent Andrisani

Document Summary

3 ide ntifiab le attr ib ute s o f p o p ular mus ic: culture. Any music that is commonly liked and approved of by the general public: in terms of it function. Use in dance, rituals, for political mobilization, to excite desires: technology/media. Music that is widely disseminated through a variety of media technologies: radio, Tv, internet, and through dedicated audio media (cds, lps, etc. : media formats change, the economy changes, social and political conditions change, people change . & consuming: people produce & consume the music that they are capable of producing, economy often times with a particular market in mind, the suggestion is that pop music becomes more valuable the more. )t"s dominant characteristic is socio-economic: popular music is mass-produced circulates, and it"s economic properties independent it is of the social forces that organize the pop process in the first place. Studying pop music means to study culture, the technology/media through which it.