Researched-Based Essay Topic # 6: Can media bring about social change? If so‚ why? If not‚ why not? Alexa Grimes Ryerson University Radio and Television February 1st‚ 2010 Over the last two decades‚ several major changes have occurred in the media industries that have altered the way in which the media institution operates. Social theorists have always had two distinct visions when it comes to the introduction of new media; one‚ a utopia where mass media is used to spread
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“Pop music sucks.” With those simple words I have aligned my chakras and transcended the mortal realm. I am enlightened. I do not consume mainstream media like some mindless sheep; I only listen to real music. Music with meaningful lyrics by obscure indie artists: the ones that sing exclusively about cigarettes‚ sadness‚ and our vapid society. Flash forward a few years later and I am being awakened to full consciousness at a One Direction concert. I had temporarily blacked out from my music-induced
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about his prior love Rosaline and gives his heart to Juliet. One night Romeo sneaks up to see her but she doesn’t realize it‚ she was looking out of her window talking and wishing that she would get to see him again. When they were on the balcony together‚ they said they didn’t want to leave each other. Romeo expressed his love for Juliet by being brace and risking his life and safety by just talking to her and being in her presence. Even though his family disagrees with him seeing her that doesn’t
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outlook on the common American lifestyle. With these new times came new influences and much change to the musical industry of jazz. This investigation will study the evolution of jazz music in the rapidly changing times of America in the 1920s and how the new American lifestyle and optimistic times influenced the music. Two sources that are used in this investigation are Jazz from its Origins to the Present by Lewis Porter‚ Michael Ullman‚ and Edward Hazell‚ and Chicago Jazz: A Cultural History by
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humble life before had prepared us well. What our country has undergone in these recent years is not the end or the closing of any door‚ but the opening of many others—the opening of a smarter‚ more conserving lifestyle that we all need to adapt to. Together‚ I believe that we can do it. Maybe this crisis was necessary for our fellow citizens to wake up and confront the situation that our world as a whole is in‚ in a more intelligent way. Maybe this was the opening of many eyes‚ that with even the slightest
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When I was younger listening to music always made me feel weird. It was just something about it that made me feel uneasy. As I got older I started to understand that music was suppose to make me feel that way. I can say that music has played many different roles in my life. The three major roles that music have played in my life are focus‚ motivation‚ and understanding. I found music to be a good tool to help me focus. Cool jazz is a type of music that I listen to that clears
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This thing whether we realize it or not does help shape how we grow and who we end up being‚ or at the very least‚ it did in my case. This is the story of the event that started my life in music and how music made me who I am today. In November of 2009 I had just had my very first recital in The Music School of Ryan Cayabyab. It was a recital for instrumentalists‚ in my case it was the guitar. Typically students would just play their instrument‚ whereas my teacher requested that I sing while
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MUSIC Music seems to play an important role in the lives of many individuals. It is used for entertainment in listening and performing. It can bring about an array of emotions such as joy‚ sadness‚ passion and love to name a few. Music is used to soothe the grieving‚ set the mood for romance‚ reduce stress and lift the spirits of many. Overall‚ music serves an important purpose in the lives of many individuals and is used to set the mood in a variety of situations. Music is significant to the
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In March of 1971 something amazing happened. The House of Representatives and Senate approved the 26th amendment‚ which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 (Liptak 1). “Young people had begun to assert themselves politically during the civil rights movement in the early 1960s‚ taking part in demonstrations against racial segregation and poverty‚” said Adam Liptak‚ a national legal correspondent for The New York Times. (Liptak 2) However‚ since then fewer members of today’s younger society are politically
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In the Beginning of the 16th century‚ Africans were enslaved and brought to the United States of America. Separated from their history and language‚ African Americans somehow managed to preserve their spirit for music. The music helped to increase productivity in the daily task and reduce the feeling for sadness. The blues was created by African American communities in the deep South of the United States. It started in the 19th century and continued to make its way in the future. The blues was everywhere
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