Media, Information and Technoculture 2159F/G Midterm: WEEK FOUR
1 Mar 2017
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WEEK FOUR
WEEK FOUR READINGS
SYMBOLIC EXCLUSION AND MUSICAL DISLIKES – BRYSON
Cultural Capital: cultural knowledge that can be translated into economic gains
Social Exclusion: a process of social selection that is based on previously
determined set of cultural criteria and is exercised by people with high levels of
income, education and prestige
Symbolic Exclusion: source of the previously determined criteria taste
• Whereas social exclusion depicts the subjective process that orders these
social interactions, symbolic exclusion depicts the subjective process that
orders those social interactions
• Symbolic = prejudice
• Social = discrimination
Musical Exclusion: a type of symbolic exclusion as a dislike of various music genres
Musical/cultural tolerance: the absence of dislike for a cultural cue or music genre
• The dislike of a social group is associated with the dislike of a certain music
genre
Symbolic Racism: racism shapes cultural orientations, and racism and the resulting
set of orientations together may explain public opinion about interracial issues
• Stereotypes are understood as symbolic boundaries between social groups
that reinforce dislike
Multicultural Capital: the social prestige afforded by a familiarity with a range of
cultural styles that is both broad and predictably exclusive
• Bryson argues that musical tastes are linked to social identities
THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF POPULAR MUSIC – FRITH
• Music has become mechanically produced and commodified
• Pop is a case of Marxs alienation
o Something human is taken from us and given back to us as a
commodity
• 1930s: slump
o Creating new stars and wide-ranging music
• 1950s: record business was divided into major and independent companies
• 1950: tape recording
o Allowed independents into the market
o Could double-track vocals
• Now it is all about exploiting publishing copyrights
• The move from record sales to rights exploitation as the basic source of
music income has two implications:
o Roots rock in corporate America
▪ They are being used for their names
o Production by capitalizing on the possibilities of producing music
with new tech
LECTURE FOUR
S(AKE )T OFF – TAYLOR SWIFT
• Occupies the highbrow and the lowbrow
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Document Summary
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