The Downfall of Today’s Music The nineties began with the grunge scene‚ an alternative style of rock and roll that revolutionized rock music today. This music that was once praised by MTV was gradually pushed out to make way for the sound of generic rap beats‚ watered down heavy metal and sugar coated pop tunes. The pattern of the nineties is nothing new. The seventies and eighties both saw fresh new music that preceded a pour attempt at a new innovative sound. In the seventies disco
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at concerts to MTV‚ the 80’s made sitting next to the radio a thing of the past. Musicians became more into their image than ever before. By the time the 80’s rolled around‚ people needed something new and crazy. People’s hair was outrageous‚ and the 80’s got the name‚ “the big hair decade” from this. Bright colors and flashy clothes. Hair and clothes were a direct reflection of the music people listened to. “I WANT MY MTV!!” was the cry from thousands of teens during the 80’s. MTV‚ otherwise known
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Name: x Student NO.: 220083xxx Unit: PDAS 311 Unit Coordinator: Professor X Assignment: one Topic: one Due Date: Friday‚ 30 March 2012‚ 11:59 PM Words account: 2642
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“Don’t You Want Me‚” The Human League (1981) “Don’t You Want Me‚” was written by Human league’s lead vocalist Philip Oakey‚ background singer Adrian Wright as well as keyboardist Jo Callis. This song was unusual in that one of the female backing singers took a lead role‚ as the song was structured as a duet.The Human League thought of themselves as very cutting-edge‚ their music was based on electronic sounds and considered guitars "archaic and antique." Lead singer Phil Oakey has been quoted
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VIACOM LEARNING POINTS Viacom is an international media corporation that focuses its business on cable networking. Its two key networks: MTV and Nickelodeon have been aggressively expended internationally. The Viacom case tells us: * The Cultural Proximity Theory: Audiences prefer watching programs that make them feel cultural-relevant even when broadcaster is a foreign network. * For products‚ think global‚ act local! Viacom has been successful at localizing content. For example
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character and spurned the imagination of girls across the country. Twilight‚ True Blood‚ and Vampire Diaries are at the top of the list when it comes to most popular vampire flicks but a new show on MTV is trying to make a push to the top. Courtney Baker‚ a writer for the Collegiate Times‚ writes about this new MTV show‚ “Death Valley”‚ and gives us an in depth review on the first episode as well how she expects the first season to play out.
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same old cartoon shows. She needed to prove her business plan was viable by securing a minimum distribution of 2 million households. Nickelodeon Latin America’s (the new venture) sister company MTV Latin America was doing poorly‚ so that wasn’t a good sign. But Swan’s plan called for sharing of resources with MTV Latin America‚ including personnel. Working Toward Corporate Approval Nickelodeon people have “orange blood” (reflection of
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The concept of cool is ever-changing in today’s business environment due to the commodity of information‚ and the speed in which it travels to potential clients. With this being said‚ marketing is an innovative and competitive industry. Marketers are constantly looking for new original ways to engage their target audience. Studies are conducted in which teenager’s actions and habits are evaluated. The results of these studies help marketers to determine what is cool. The film‚ “The Merchants of
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Reality TV Reinforces Demeaning Social Stereotypes By Dara Andriani We can’t deny that television shows make a huge impact towards our society‚ our culture‚ and how we interact with other people surrounding us. There are many things that we can learn from watching television shows like ‘The Voice’‚ ‘American Idol’‚ ‘The Biggest Loser’‚ and so on. Shows like that really give you an idea about how all of us as a person can accomplish anything‚ but then how about those TV shows such as MTV’s ‘Jersey
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genres of music that expanded the social acceptance was so successful they still influence music today (Gelipter). Lastly‚ the new creations of MTV and CDs expanded the way music sounded and how it could be seen and heard. Drum machines and synthesizers could be added into the music on CDs‚ bringing a new‚ popular‚ original sound to the music industry‚ while MTV brought image and interpretation (Gelipter). Although the 1980s was a rough decade‚ the music industry benefitted from the vast changes.
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