Essays about: "billboard"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 17 essays containing the word billboard.

  1. 11. Did Modern Media Kill the Superstar?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Simon Andersson; [2016]
    Keywords : Superstar effect; the Long Tail; consumer behaviour; economics; modern media; digital media; music consumption; Billboard; word of mouth; transaction cost economics; uncertainty; bundling; unbundling; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis will examine the increased amount of information made available through modern media, and how this affects the diversity in consumption. The thesis will focus on how diversity in music consumption has evolved over the years. READ MORE

  3. 12. Somebody’s gotta wear a pretty skirt : Constructions of masculinity and femininity in modern country music

    University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för utbildningsvetenskap och språk

    Author : Annica Malm; [2016]
    Keywords : Culture; lyrics; CDA; gender differences; country music; metaphors; verbs;

    Abstract : Constructions of masculinity and femininity can be reinforced through written and spoken language, creating stereotypes and inequality between genders. Gender representations in music lyrics have been studied for various genres, but the country music genre has been somewhat underrepresented. READ MORE

  4. 13. Superstars and genre artists: spillover effects in the recorded music industry

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Magnus Arén; Marcus Sebek; [2015]
    Keywords : cultural industries; stars; genres; spillover effects; recorded music industry;

    Abstract : The superstars of the recorded music industry are not only some of the most well- known and admired people in the world, they are the strategic backbone of the industry. Research has mostly focused its attention on stars in isolation, or as the key component of a risk-minimizing portfolio of artists. READ MORE

  5. 14. Popular Culture and Protest-Contemporary Protest Soundtrack : An Analysis of The Billboard Year End Rock Charts

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Diana-Andreea Grecu; [2015]
    Keywords : popular culture; protest; music;

    Abstract : Display of disagreement in a public space under the form of strikes, rallies and not only, is not the sole form of protest. Popular culture can easily be used to send messages of discontent. The paper focuses on popular music by looking at one of the most representative music charts in the world: The Billboard Chart. READ MORE

  6. 15. A Billion Reasons to Sell Africa - A Kenyan Case Study

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Jackie Christie; [2014]
    Keywords : Africa; Kenya; Advertising; Semiotics; Billboards; Africa Rising;

    Abstract : ‘Africa Rising’ is an ideology which is gaining increasing traction and momentum amongst economists, analysts and those who would wish to present a positive perspective on the continent’s future.Advertising, more than any other mass media platform stratifies its audience along patterns of consumption and as such manipulates, underlines and marks social difference in ways which are now so embedded as to be commonplace. READ MORE