#research activity five

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Entertainment Research Activity #5, PH402

“Give the people what they want” by the O’Jays

The message of this song is basically what the title says. It’s allowing people the will to do what they want. If they want to vote, give them the right to vote. In terms of persuasion, I think this song clearly uses the “Front-door” route, which is more of the central route of the ELM model. Perhaps not at the moment but back then, not everyone was able to vote or freely do what they wanted to do.

 Example #2

“Give the people the right to vote” by Sweet Honey in the rock.

Compared to the first song, this one is also a social movement piece of music. The author is crying out for the right to vote; which was not a right for everyone. Both of these songs however, do use the “Front-door” route of persuasion. People, more specifically the African Americans were victims of slavery.  

[simplytheadventurous-blog]

Entertainment Education, Research Activity #5, PH 402

http://sojust.net/songs/jurassic-5-freedom.html

http://sojust.net/songs/rage_freedom.html

Both of these songs contained similar topic which is freedom.  People should have the right to live the life the way they wanted regardless of their races and gender.  There should not be any more slavery and everyone have to power to carry gun in their home to protect them from intruders.  People should have to power to do anything that they enjoy unless it is against the laws.  People should hang on to their own freedom and no one have the right to take it away from them.  Both of these songs contained central route because people have to pay close attention to the lyrics and thinking very hard in order to understand the message being conveyed from the songs. It required highly cognitive and high elaboration likelihood. They did not violating the entertainment contract.  Both songs are very effective because it taught the people to stand up for themselves and retain their own freedom.  No one has the power to take away their freedom.  They have the power to live they live that they always wanted.

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Entertainment Education, Research Activity #5, PH 402

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Two songs that are fairly similar are, What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye and Where is the Love? by The Black Eyed Peas. They are similar in the message that they are trying to convey, which is anti-hate and a greater unity among people. The lyrics are also very similar and they are both relevant to what is going on in that time era. They are different in the sense that the Black Eyed Peas song is directed towards a more global perspective and the Marvin Gaye song seems to be targeting the black community. Neither of these songs violate the contract and the songs are both very effective.

[sizzlingpeacegiver-blog]

Entertainment-Education, Research Activity #5, PH 402

For the two songs, I selected “Give the People the Right to Vote!” by Sweet Honey in the Rock and “Give the People What they Want” by the O’Jays. However, the lyrics on the website provided was the wrong lyrics for the specific song by the O’Jays (I had to google the correct lyrics). Nevertheless, both titles have similarities since it deals with giving people what they need and want especially the essential things like voting and equality. Moreover, both the goals of the songs are to create awareness on social issues that are happening during the times that both songs were released. The goal of the song from Sweet Honey in the Rock is to create awareness of the issues that is going on in our country and how the people who are in power in Washington D.C do not have the right to vote in Congress since many of the things they vote against on could benefit many Americans while the ones they vote for are usually things that benefits the people in Congress and the rich and powerful people in the country. While the song from the O’Jays, the goal is to “to give the people what they want and the people want freedom, justice and equality.” Although this song was released in the mid 70s, the song depicts the struggle of African Americans to get the freedom justice and equality they long for in the country they call home. Both songs relate to the issues happening in our society and both songs advocate people to take action and do the right thing. In addition, both songs were effective during the times they were released, and I feel that the song from the O’Jays would go great with what is going on in our society regarding the Black Lives Matter Movement.

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[publichealthprib95-blog]

Entertainment Education Module, Research Activity #5, PH 402

Activity #5 

Song #1: Crying Shame by Jack Johnson

The primary goal of this song is to demonstrate how our society immediately turns to ‘blows’ and war when we have all of these new technologies and methods to communicate with each other and work out issues with conversation rather than violence. We need to work on humanity coming together, respecting one another and solving problems without violence or we are doomed. I think the route of persuasion is central because people who are already concerned with the issue are more likely to hear the message that Jack Johnson is portraying. Without previous knowledge or awareness about the issue of communication and violence in our society the songs message may not make a lot of sense. I think the song is very effective if you read and listen to the lyrics it becomes very clear what the message is and it is portrayed in a beautiful way.

 Song #2 : Imagine by John Lennon

The primary goal of this song is to paint a picture of a utopian world where factors that divide people do not exist and people are able to come together and solve problems in order to make the world a better place. The route of persuasion is peripheral because the overall message is being presented to people by describing the benefits that this kind of world would bring. Therefore, people who may not be concerned with this issue of world peace would hear the benefits of a less divided world and their attention would be captured and they will then become concerned and aware. I believe the song is very effective and heart warming and appeals to a wide audience that will help to get the message across to people who are aware and unaware of the issues.

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[theymademedothis-blog1]

PH 402, Entertainment-education, research activity 5,

@GLOBALCOMMUNICATIONPROJECT The song "London Calling" by the Clash speaks about the socioeconomic inequities in England as well as the lack of employment in Britain during the time period in which the song was created. It serves as a call-to-action for marginalized groups to mobilize against the system that oppresses them. They are employing the entertainment contract of "making it enjoyable" because they are aligning themselves with the point of view of viewers while delivering the message via a great song. A similar message is relayed in the song, which is a very different genre and appeals to a very different demographic group, "When Will We Be Paid" by Prince. Essentially that song expresses the longing of the people to receive what they have worked for by the system that oppresses them. Much like the Clash song, this song also "makes it enjoyable" with a song many people like and can relate to.

[thefuturisticstrawberrycoll-blog]

Entertainment-Education, Research Activity #5, PH402

I chose two songs with the topic of standing up for your rights and fighting against injustice. The first song is “Words of Wisdom” by Tupac. The second song is “Get up, Stand Up” by Bob Marley. The primary message in Tupac’s song is that because the United States Government has oppressed Black Americans in poverty, Black Americans must fight against inequality. In Bob Marley’s song, the primary message is for his people to stand up for their rights. Both songs use the central route, with high involvement from the audience because the issues are important and relevant to them. I do not think that either song is violating a contract with their audiences because they are both authentic and state exactly what the issue is and why it is important that the listener does something about it. I think that Tupac’s song has a better way of convincing the audience because he gives more information and specific examples, such as historical events in African American history.  Overall, I think both songs are effective and the audiences will be inspired to stand up for their rights in the face of oppression.

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Entertainment Education, Research Activity #5, Ph 402

2 songs: “American Idiot” by Green Day and “Stupid Girls” by Pink.

 Both of these songs are expressing how one part of society has changed and they don’t support it.

“Stupid Girls” by Pink!, talks about how girls use their body to gain the male population’s attention. They do this by over-doing their make-up constantly, using push-up bras to attract the men, and acting a certain way to gain their attention. Taken from the song, “What happened to the dreams of a girl president, She's dancing in the video next to 50 Cent”, this shows how a girl has lost her dream to be successful and lost it to social media. Pink!’s song suggests that she doesn’t support this behavior and wishes girls thrived on independence, strength and bettering themselves to be looked at as a stupid girl.

           “American Idiot” by Green Day expresses how they don’t want to be apart of the nonsense they see happening in this country.  They use terms such as media and television and relate them to how society is misguided by these two. The media propaganda can presude people to think a different thing by only showing certain images, broadcasting specific topics and using a political side to run their media forces. This songs talks about how people have changed based on what he media portrays and that they don’t support that change.

           Both of these songs suggest that the uprising of news and social media has presented a change in our society and both artists do not support that change.  Pink!’s song falls under the entertainment contract and does do a good job at making the song easy to understand and fun to play along with. She is in disbelief about what attracts young girls to act a certain way. On the other hand, “American Idiot” can be viewed by some as offensive and some might to see things the same way; thus leading it to the persuasion contract.

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