Democratization 

With all of the advances in today's technology, more and more people are able to be discovered and originality is able to be exploited. What was once unheard of in previous years is now able to flourish and reach the viewers who are interested in the way someone or a group of people take art and enhance it to make it their own original piece. In the video above, a group of friends took an already popular song and molded it in their own unique way to create something that others might want to listen to. Today these people known as "The Bottle Boys" go on tour to share their creation with the world. Youtube, which is mass communication, allowed them to reach out to the large audiences of people who like their work. “The word influence… refers to the effect the mass communicated message has on the audience” (Wilson-Wilson) Throughout their videos, they constantly thank the viewers because they know that without them and the mass media capabilities of YouTube, they might have never have been where they are today.  

Mediocrity

 

Mediocrity can be defined multiple ways. For example it could be a lack of skill or professionalism reflected in ones work or it could be a lack of originality in the way someone expresses themselves. In the video above, the song "Stupid Hoe"(edited to make suitable for a blog post) by Nicki Minaj is a prime example of how an artist could lack professionalism in their work. Pulling a line from this song gives the viewer a perfect example of the artists immaturity and inability to show pride in their profession. One example is "Ice my wrist-es, then I piss on bitches, You could suck my diznick, if you take these jizzes" These lyrics are what make the song mediocre. In today's society, “...anyone can record music now…”(Dworsky and Kohler). This also means anyone can become popular and influence their fans in the wrongest of ways. Children listen to this music and are influenced by what they hear. Mediocrity should not be accepted and allowing those who poison the minds of the innocent is something that we cannot tolerate in today's society.


Works Cited:

Press, Pause, Play. Dir. Victor Kohler and David Dworsky. Perf. Olafur Arnalds and Seth Godin. FilmBuff, 2011.

Wilson-Wilson. Mass Media/Mass Culture, An Introduction. 5th ed. N.p.: McGraw Hill Companies, 2001. Print.

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