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CMS 316 Popular Music and Mass Culture
John Cabot University - Full Curriculum Program
Rome, Italy
Dates: 1/12/16 - 5/7/16
CMS 316 Popular Music and Mass Culture
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: John Cabot University
Location: Rome, Italy
Primary Subject Area: Music
Other Subject Area: Cultural Studies
Instruction in: English
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 45
Prerequisites: COMM 220 Media, Culture and Society
DESCRIPTION
From the cylinders to MP3s, from Tin Pan Alley to death metal, this is a general survey course exploring and analyzing the history and meaning of popular recorded music within mass culture and society. It focuses on the historical, aesthetic, social, political-economic and technological developments that have shaped the very definition of the popular in the musical field. The course covers various aspects of recorded music from the history of the recording industry to the concept of the recorded, from rock and other nationally specific styles to the rise of MTV and beyond.