Unit 4: Coursework blog: December 2013

TEXT ANALYSIS

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EwViQxSJJQ - BEYONCE , IRREPLACEABLE

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liZm1im2erU&safe=active - ASAP ROCKY , F*CKING PROBLEMS

As I am focusing my critical investigation on the representations of black music celebrities and the influence they may have on audiences. I have chosen to analyse two rnb/hip hop music videos. Beyonce is commonly represented as a higher status over men therefore showing that she is dominant and representing women as strong and united. Furthermore, as Beyonce is kicking her boyfriend out it shows that she has the power. The impact that this will have on audiences is that it would give audiences the power and confidence to stand up for themselves and not stand for anything less than they deserve therefore going with the hypodermic needle model. Beyonce commonly goes against the typical stereotype of girls as she is almost always dominant over men, this is most evident in her 'Who runs the world' song and music video. Beyonce's music video would also follow uses and gratification of escapism as by watching Beyonces music videos and listening to her music individuals are able to escape from their everyday life problems and routine.
In comparison, I have analysed ASAP Rocky's music video to F*cking problems. I have chossen to analyse this music video as it is although it is sang by black music celebrities it is completely different compared to Beyonce's music video's. Asap Rocky shows himself as dominant as well as the other men in the music video where as the women are shown and adressed to as items. The lady that is first shown is wearing quite skimpy clothes and dancing therefore showing that she is not as important as the males in the music video. Furthermore, the women are dancing sexually therefore possibly addressing them as 'sex toys' or there just for the men - bellow males.

Author-Year-Title-Place-Publisher info;
Quotes (+ Page References) from the book that can be linked to your study;
A short explanation of each one explaining how it is relevant to you/your topic.
Finally, post up on your blog a Complete Bibliography (so far) to include ALL the books you currently have quotes from. It MUST contain at least TEN different academic books or journals as well as all your online and Media Magazine sources.]

1. http://teenink.com/nonfiction/all/article/303133/The-Impact-of-Rap-and-Hip-Hop-Music-On-American-Youth/ - By abkoobthoj, Hudson, WI

"It is not the youth's fault, it is the content that the music contains. Although rap and hip-hop music can be a force for good, they can also have an extremely negative impact on the attitudes and behaviours of American youth."

- This article is relevant to my investigation as it talks about the impact that hip hop and rap music has on its audiences; which in this case is American youth.

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnVUHWCynig&safe=active, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW8qsL1nDPM - Beyonce, Halo

- This is relevant to my critical investigation as I will be analysing black celebrities music videos; by doing this I am able to see how they are being represented and the different ways that they are being shown in their music videos.

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xwwuH_Z3WA

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U - By looking at different music videos by Beyonce I am able to view how she (as a black music celebrity) is represented in different ways and how these would impact the audiences. Also by looking at her YouTube music videos I am able to look at the comments bellow and see feedback from her viewers.

5. http://thedoggstar.com/secret-societies/freemasonry-in-hip-hop/run-this-town-satan-hit-2/

6. http://thedoggstar.com/secret-societies/illuminati/illuminati-hip-hop-industry/

7. http://www.teenvogue.com/beauty/blogs/beauty/07-beyonce-teen-vogue-cover.jpg

8. http://stylelifefashion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/beyonce-knowles-vogue-magazine-cover-april-2009-01.jpg

9. http://thatgrapejuice.net/2013/02/watch-beyonce-bares-oprahs-chapter-full/

10. http://www.oprah.com/own-oprahs-next-chapter/Oprahs-Next-Chapter-Beyonce

11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujJQhYbaR9I

12. http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/meridians/v008/8.1miller-young.html

13. http://www.debate.org/opinions/does-modern-rap-and-pop-music-have-a-negative-influence-on-children.

14. http://hiphop368.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/rap-music-videos-affects-on-african-american-children/

15. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/03/few-black-female-stars-darker-skinned

16. http://www.essence.com/package/red-carpet-black-women-hollywood/

17. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1986.tb03042.x/abstract -This allows use to have an insight of the three success strategies used in order for black music celebrities to make the perfect music video for their target audience. This relates to my critical investigation as it allows me to see how and what black celebrities use and how they are represented just to attract audiences. As well as the representations in their music videos in order to attract and make an impact on their audiences. "Black musicians have created visual images through mixed casts and rock star associations to appeal to the target audience – and the record companies."

18. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/15205430902865336#preview - This article looks into whether exposure to sexual hip-hop music videos influence the sexual attitudes of college students. This relates to my critical investigation as I am researching into the influences of representations on audiences. Therefore, by looking into whether college students are influenced or not it allows me to have versatile research into older audiences as well as the young also I am able to see what it is that influences young crimes and whether hip hop or the representations of black music celebrities play a huge part in young peoples life now. “Male participants who were exposed to hip-hop music videos of highly sexual content expressed greater objectification of women, sexual permissiveness, stereotypical gender attitudes, and acceptance of rape as posttest than male participants in the low sex condition.”

19. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QYHUExudAdoC&pg=PA252&lpg=PA252&dq=%2B%22representation+in+black+music%22&source=bl&ots=exp4WtUlq3&sig=YZil2F-WGKZpWTr1UNMD9i1ptsg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K--AUtuuFsWM7AbCiIH4Dg&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%2B%22representation%20in%20black%20music%22&f=false

20. http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=UaodId2CFDUC&oi=fnd&pg=PA3&dq=black+music+representation&ots=KpPI3QXULf&sig=5Pr68V0MgZQ8ImWFMBnpic2t0R4#v=onepage&q=black%20music%20representation&f=false - This Google scholar link shows the power of black music. this is both the positive as well as the negative effects of black music on all sorts of audiences - shows mainly the hip hop African american and rnb music affects.

21. http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=_4AJ_StNwVUC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=hip+hop+music+representations&ots=JQ9KWCpDmY&sig=jpzgwMZsUAeutkQeIf1JJ0Z594U#v=onepage&q=hip%20hop%20music%20representations&f=false - talking about the race variations in rap music, this is quite a dated article however I am able to compare this to the latest day music for example miley cyrus showing the same representations through her music - black music representations can be shown through all races and colours now.

22. http://abs.sagepub.com/content/46/10/1346.short - "The author considers how African American youth use hip-hop as a form of cultural capital in everyday settings" the representations of black celebrities are shown in everyday life and are prime therefore would relate to my article as it shows black celebrities as affecting youths actions in everyday life.

23. http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=MhdD5B87rhQC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=how+is+beyonce+and+jay+z+represented&ots=ix1iETKM4S&sig=1lY7phii07BvFS9HJYCjj1GHrZw#v=onepage&q&f=false - This book "Jay z and the roc-a-fella records dynasty" shows the different aspects of Jay Z's life as well as his record label therefore it also gives an insight on how the hip hop industry works therefore also showing different views on how black music celebrities portray themselves as well as how they are portrayed by others.

24. http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=i_6KApL_5fcC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=how+is+beyonce+and+jay+z+represented&ots=bPqhzaJyjg&sig=-ZugjIc0s2T95XVJ4N3HXAuWuhs#v=onepage&q&f=false - Once again this book shows how Jay Z is mainly represented; this relates to my critical investigation as I am able to have different interpretations on how black music celebrities are represented and show a good representation (Jay Z) as well as bad. Early 1980s Rap/Hip hop music was all you would really hear blasting out of boom boxes. “As the years went by, artists such as Run-DMC began to rap more honestly about the tough neighbourhoods they grew up in.” ; therefore showing that black music celebrities are represented as truthful and as tough as many have gone through tough times are able to express themselves through their music and also entertain others.

25. http://www.michaelpjeffries.com/Jeffries_Can_a_Thug_get_some_Love.pdf - this talks about many different black music celebrities and the ways that they portray themselves through the media; "thug performances as

sites for investigating love, sex, and gender in hip hop" the article talks about whether thugs need love, sex and gender and how this is shown through their music. This is relevant to my critical investigation as it has concepts of how 'thugs' represent themselves and what are the reoccurring representations through hip hop.

26. http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=2zDluqhv-QcC&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=hip+hop+representations&ots=wKdyj7WKzI&sig=1ZJwTiM6XVJ5y4Wdnr4kx_8UVP4#v=onepage&q=hip%20hop%20representations&f=false - these common representations of black music artists have been shown for so long that it is a norm in society e.g. women being degraded in music, expect is from black music artists.

27. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07393180500342878#.Uosp28TIZA0 - "This article examines the strategies used by white artists such as Vanilla Ice, Eminem, and Beastie Boys to establish their hip-hop legitimacy and to confront rap music's representations of whites as socially privileged and therefore not credible within a music from where credibility is often negotiated through an artist's experiences of social struggle." showing that the common representations are not only shown through black music artists but are also shown through white celebrities in the hip hop/rap industry.

28. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QYHUExudAdoC&pg=PA252&lpg=PA252&dq=%2B%22representation+in+black+music%22&source=bl&ots=exp4WtUlq3&sig=YZil2F-WGKZpWTr1UNMD9i1ptsg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K--AUtuuFsWM7AbCiIH4Dg&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%2B%22representation%20in%20black%20music%22&f=false - Academic book on the 'Love of Music'

29. http://www.essence.com/package/red-carpet-black-women-hollywood/ - Black women in hollywood
* Over the years the representation of black women have changed as there is no longer as many dark skinned black women in the music industry.

30. http://raprehab.com/images-of-black-women-in-music-videos/ - images of Black women in music videos
* The promotion of black women as body parts with a particular emphasis on the buttocks has a painful place in our history

31. http://raprehab.com/rap-video-voodoo/ - This is to beware of rap video voodoo, meaning that there are different messages given through the music videos;
* some is obvious where as many of the messages through the videos are indirect.

32. http://raprehab.com/ - has a variety of different articles, messages, blog posts on rap as well as hip hop music.
* Would help my critical investigation as I will be looking into the lives of black music celebrities as well as the different ways that they are represented.

33. http://wgs101.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/representation-of-black-women-in-music-videos/ - representations of black women in music videos
* In this “Candy Shop” video the women are walking around in lingerie, writhing seductively on beds, and giving 50 Cent lap dances

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