A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Eric Harvey examines the shifts in live music consumption with a focus on the evolution of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts.
Read moreEric Harvey discusses how contemporary music stardom pulls fans and commentators into a rabbit hole of never-ending engagement.
Read moreFrancesca Sobande explores emo’s nostalgic resurgence, raising questions about authenticity, youth culture, mythologization, and the role of industrial and commercial activities in shaping the genre.
Read moreWendy Peters argues that the contemporary and decentralized context of music production, distribution, and social media promotion diversified and transformed pop music by enabling Lil Nas X—a Black and openly gay star—to rise.
Read moreAlyx Vesey analyzes how artistic entrepreneurship in the music industry through the use of merchandise has changed in the wake of COVID-19 concert cancellations, as well as how this merchandise forms part of “a consumerist response to societal collapse.”
Read moreLooking at artists like Lil Nas X, Abigail Barlow, and Absofacto, Meghan Grosse explores how viral success on TikTok is affecting the mainstream music industry.
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