tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280685660918852895.post978964115217124202..comments2023-10-05T06:13:48.018-07:00Comments on Media Studies 102: Effects of Mass Media: Pseudo-MusicAlenda Changhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12808749949370769131noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280685660918852895.post-75417948524243736262012-09-10T23:05:22.533-07:002012-09-10T23:05:22.533-07:00Anne, your comparison to Boorstin's concepts i...Anne, your comparison to Boorstin's concepts is useful. Celebrities who are famous for being famous, like the Kardashians, are quite similar to songs that are popular because they get played incessantly (and not necessarily because of any innate value). Your post also gets to the multiple ways of reading popular culture (say, Adorno v. Jenkins), as either pernicious or empowering.<br /><br />Michelle is also onto something with this idea of "how technology and music interact." Some of your questions about how we could reverse or alter the state of popular music--to be more edifying or what not--are addressed by Lazarsfeld and Merton in the piece we're also reading for this week. Basically, they say that attempts to make mass media more educational or "serious" have largely failed. But then again, they also point out that the doom and gloom over the intellect-lowering effects of such media has also been overblown.Alenda Changhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808749949370769131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4280685660918852895.post-7220273209104503472012-09-10T21:15:20.435-07:002012-09-10T21:15:20.435-07:00Hi Anne,
Great post! I found the idea of "pse...Hi Anne,<br />Great post! I found the idea of "pseudo-individualization" to be interesting as well. When reading Adorno, I was shocked to realize that my choice in music was not really my choice after all. I think one good thing from this era of music is how technology and music interact to create something that was not possible in the past. Technology has created new genres such as dub step that redefine the perception of what music should sound like. In terms of whether “pseudo-individualization” and standardization is a good thing, I agree that music has become less complex and easier to produce. The media industry in modern times is spoon feeding us with superficial and simple media that we hardly ever question. Instead of using the technology available to create “popular music,” I think technology should play a role in enhancing music to more complex and “serious” levels. The only problem is that I’m just unsure how and what would be done to change an entire culture of music based predominately on "popular music".<br /><br />Michelle Phung Vuvulalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12378661078174203341noreply@blogger.com