[KS210] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (28 pages long)
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Shuker asks: how is meaning produced within popular music culture? . Adorno on pop music: true art shows the masses an image of what they might be, rather than adopting to their dehumanized condition . Hypodermic model: injecting subliminal messages into the youth to corrupt them (parent"s music resource centre. Cultural studies: the masses also have a role in negotiating the meaning of pop culture. Bad taste & the politics of cool: due jan 25: 11pm. 1906 the audion: predecessor to the vacuum tube. 1925 the first moving-coil cone loudspeaker: using microphone to record, still analog record, **edison didn"t want to move towards electrical recording** wanted to stick to acoustic recording (didn"t keep up with the times) 1915 magnavox public address (pa) system: used electronic sound waves. Carbon mic > moving coil mic > type a ribbon microphone. 1921 first commercial am radio broadcast: thought would lead to demise of music industry.
