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Media & Politics--The role of popular music in contemporary politics

The Role of Popular Music in Contemporary Politics

Music in Politics and Politics in Music

Does music play a role in politics ? Can music be considered political or can politics be musical ? Which one influences the other ? These are just a few questions that immediately come to mind upon reading the title of this essay . From the title , without reading further , one will begin to assume there indeed is a correlation between music and politics , and then it will just become a matter of determining the nature of the role of music

in politics

A cursory look at the available materials on the will further enforce the assumptions about the correlation between the two . While the literature on this does not seem to be that extensive , positive contributions have been made by several academic institutions , research groups and individuals , especially as seen within the experiences of specific countries . Many of the available written materials mostly talk about music and politics in the contexts of social movements , culture and national identity . However , since there are limitations as far as discussing the relative to other disciplines , focus will be made mostly within the context of the use of music in determining or creating a national identity , as well as a form of political expression

This will attempt to take a closer look at the role of popular music in contemporary politics . It will make a presentation of available material on the subject and on this basis present a conclusive statement on the relationship between the two . The United

States will be used as a case in point to study and evaluate the propositions and ideas propounded about the role of music in politics As the world is aware of how much influence

the West has in the area of music , it will be an interesting area to study relative to politics . However , since the is limited to popular music as well as to contemporary politics and not enough literature is available on these two taken together , references shall be made to the general areas of music as well as to politics , with efforts at gathering information from the latest available resources online

Review of Available Literature

Having said this , the first discovery comes through finding out that some academic departments have been established as part of research or awareness about the relationship between music and politics . Secondly there have been academic courses especially written to study the role of music in politics from different academic institutions around the world . Thirdly , academic publications whose specific objectives include the study of music and cultures have been founded in the same efforts to widen the research on this interesting role of music in culture and politics . The following are some examples Academic adjuncts or departments created to increase awareness of music in politics

A Center for Political Song was established by the Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland as a research arm and to help the university in the delivery of...

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