We Are What We Watch: We Watch What We Are
Why do we watch television? Perhaps in one sense, because it is there. But analysts have long speculated on the...
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Escape From Gilligan’s Island
Producer Sherwood Schwartz remembers receiving some strange telegrams shortly after his hit series Gilligan's Island began airing on network television...
اقرأ المزيدStarting Point: Life Before Television?
Even those of us who remember it have forgotten how much the pictures on the small screen have molded and...
اقرأ المزيدADVOCACY: Lyrics
In 1968, the musical Hair opened on Broadway. It was brazenly irreverent yet charmed many audiences with such ironic tunes...
اقرأ المزيدMINORITIES: Ethnic Music: Dial ‘G’ for Ghetto
Ethnic segregation within rock music culture? Maybe yes, maybe no. But there certainly are ethnic musical neighborhoods. In current sales...
اقرأ المزيدGLOBAL: It’s a Small World For Pop Conglomerates
One of the greatest shocks for the western traveler comes from visiting a remote village in a distant land and...
اقرأ المزيدWOMEN: Madonna: Siren or Symbol?
"It's all about flirting." There is no need to question further. Madonna tells us herself at the end of the...
اقرأ المزيدYOUTH: Music Choices Shape Life Skills
For many youth today, rock music is a battlefield. This is not the decades-old war of the decibels but...
اقرأ المزيدFAMILY: Shared Music Listening Opens Dialogue
We've heard a lot recently about the need for parents to have access to the lyrics of rock music. Few...
اقرأ المزيدHow Hits Are Made: Radio’s Rating Game
If Mark Klose, the morning DJ of WMRY radio in Belleville, Illinois plays a song, say by John Cougar Mellencamp,...
اقرأ المزيدRock Concerts Unite Body and Soul
Often called the mind-body split, the conflict arises when the mind (ego) exerts control over the body's impulsive, nonverbal and...
اقرأ المزيدLost Listeners Anoint Musical Messiahs
A priestly monarch, chosen by God to unite polity and religion, was one of the earliest images of divinely chosen...
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