JOUR 101 Lecture 11: Music+ Media= Magic

• School: University of Kansas
• Department: Journalism
• Course: JOUR 101
• Professor: Benson

Document Summary

Popular music: appeals to wide cross section of the public or sizeable sub-division. First musical form to simultaneously transform sound recording and radio. Set up how music is produced, distributed, and performed. Our brains bind us to the music we heard as teenagers more tightly than anything we"ll hear as adults- a connection that doesn"t weaken as we age. How youth- defined as young people 15-24 years of age- have been agents of change in western culture for decades- particularly in peak eras of social unrest: Waltz: youth gone wild (too close to dance, parents hated it) Charleston banned (boobs and booty out when dip or frank up) It all eventually becomes part of society"s fabric. Makes listening to tunes a shared experience (ritual model) It"s sexual (rock and rolls is the blues term for sex) Women verges into rock and roll i. e. aretha franklin : first woman into rock and roll hall of fame.