Blog #11- Due Thursday, October 2, 2014

Blog Post #11: "What's Current Creates Currency"

This idea holds true for many types of popular texts including TV, music, and music videos. By growing up with a broad range of 'popular’ texts, we can, in a sense, take the pulse of a culture. This blog post examines popular texts as reflections of our cultural values.

Due: Thursday, October 2^nd by class time.

1) What kinds of values are prevalent in music videos?

2) How does entertaining, popular music portray social groups in a certain light?

3) Does popular music dictate what we believe? Or does it reflect our beliefs and cultural values?

4) What makes music 'popular'? Can 'pop' music be 'real' music?

5) How is music used in various forms of media to entertain?

6) How does music influence people's ideologies?

7) How does music reflect cultural values?

Task:

Step 1: Title blog post- Blog Post #11: "What's Current Creates Currency"

Step 2: Select five out of the seven questions to respond to. You do not need to write the question BUT write the number of the selected question(s).

Step 3: Write in complete sentences and include an image for at least one response.

Step 4: Read other blogs from last week and post (at least) 5 comments. Keep it positive and be specific on what you like!