Zach Aaronson November 18‚ 2011 Professor Albert Auster COMM 1011-L02 Introduction to Media Industries The Popular Music Industry and the History of the Billboard Charts Once upon a time it used to be easy to calculate the success and popularity of a recording artist‚ song‚ or album. For most of the 20th century people bought records‚ then tapes‚ and then CDs and these sales represented how many people were listening and loving any given musician. Combined with radio requests and radio
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child’s mindset‚ and with the kind of images that these people portray it is not necessarily the best type of thing that we should expose children to. First of all we must understand why these media personalities appeal to children‚ what makes them so popular and why children emulate them. All children from the ages of 12 and under‚ and teenagers all try to fit in with different social groups of other children‚ in essence they all try to be cool’ so that they would be liked and accepted into the social
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globalisation. As Malaysia has become more prosperous and economically developed‚ the local commercial music industry has also grown to be more important in the Malaysian society. Malaysian popular music today‚ although closely following the footsteps and styles of the western as well as international popular streams‚ the trend does indicate an individual sense of artistic expression in the contemporary Malaysian culture.
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Extraterrestrials depicted in Science-Fiction The human race has come a long way since the beginning of its existence. Throughout that time‚ shared interpretations and concepts have changed profusely. The genre of science-fiction has been popular in both literature and films for centuries. Science-fiction displays aliens in many contrasting styles‚ but the very idea and wonder of aliens has always been around. The different ways writers and filmmakers portray extraterrestrials in science-fiction
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Jamie Moran May 8th‚ 2017 Analytic Essay Professor Shaw Substance Use by Teenagers and the Influence of Popular Culture: Symbolic Interaction and Social Learning Perspective According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA‚2014)‚ by the time an adolescent is a high school senior they have tried some type of substance. The NIDA states‚ that 70 percent of the high school population has tried alcohol‚ 40 percent will have smoked a cigarette‚ and more than 20 percent will have used a prescription
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Abstract Disneyland is a fascinating worldwide industry‚ and also the most successfully run theme park in the world. When it comes to theme parks‚ Disney will be the first thing that comes to everyone’s mind. Because of the great success of Disney‚ researchers want to look into the reasons why it is so important and so attractive to the entertainment industry. For example‚ Disney’s Asian theme parks usually would apply local customs and festivals into their programs. And by doing so‚ it draws
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The Sexual Revolution of the 1960’s Sex and the 1960’s The 1960’s was a decade of many changes‚ revolutions‚ and experiments including the sexual revolution brought on by the ’sixties generation’. Free love was a popular term coined in the later sixties that meant everyone should love each other‚ sexually and non sexually. This was the first time in history that sex was not something only men could enjoy but women too. What came from this revolution was birth control‚ knowledge of the female
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Bikers‚ Emo‚ Graffiti‚. Goths‚ Hip- hoppers- Have you ever heard these words‚ dear parents? These are the youth subcultures‚ which your good children belong to. Nowadays the life of many young people is influenced by popular culture. The youth follow certain stereotypes that are imposed on them through TV‚ movies and music. In their lifestyle they try to imitate the images of their idols. Very often young people refuse to recognize the official culture. Instead‚ they become the supporters
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Lion King (1994) produced by Disney who use movies as mass culture tools to sell their products to consumers of western society in a myriad of ways. This essay will analyse The Lion King for its mass culture aspects Mass culture also known as popular culture‚ represent products that are of mass consumption. This is in contrast to High culture in western society as a standardised formulaic approach to selling products to a large market. The difference being high culture represents work created
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handicaps‚ just as he has come to accept his impending death. He complains that the culture is wrong to deem natural physical need as socially embarrassing‚ and thus he refuses to believe that his handicaps are shameful. In rejecting the values of the popular culture‚ Morrie creates his
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