How have social and political factors influenced musical tastes throughout the past century? think about your...

 

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How have social and political factors influenced musical tastes throughout the past century? think about your own musical tastes. Perhaps it's easiest to think about what your current favorite piece of music is. How does that particular piece of music reflect the social and political factors that surrounded its creation? think about a "historical" example. example the history of the recording industry, or any musical sample to which I sent you a link. How does this sample reflect the social and political factors that surrounded its creation? For the paragraph stance on the question of whether music of today is more or less political than music of the past. As part of your argument, please apply any terms and concepts we have studied thus far. Some of the first ones that come to mind are economic convergence, cultural convergence, cultural hegemony, gatekeepers, agenda setting function, media bias, any of the legislation and/or attempts by the government to regulate the recording industry, etc. etc. Also, support your argument with specific examples, especially descriptions and/or lyric quotes from the pieces of music you are comparing. How have social and political factors influenced musical tastes throughout the past century? think about your own musical tastes. Perhaps it's easiest to think about what your current favorite piece of music is. How does that particular piece of music reflect the social and political factors that surrounded its creation? think about a "historical" example. example the history of the recording industry, or any musical sample to which I sent you a link. How does this sample reflect the social and political factors that surrounded its creation? For the paragraph stance on the question of whether music of today is more or less political than music of the past. As part of your argument, please apply any terms and concepts we have studied thus far. Some of the first ones that come to mind are economic convergence, cultural convergence, cultural hegemony, gatekeepers, agenda setting function, media bias, any of the legislation and/or attempts by the government to regulate the recording industry, etc. etc. Also, support your argument with specific examples, especially descriptions and/or lyric quotes from the pieces of music you are comparing.

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