[Solved] Choose ONE social issue or social problem (i.e. drugs, the environment, war, teenage pregnancy, hate crimes, etc).

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[Solved] Choose ONE social issue or social problem (i.e. drugs, the environment, war, teenage pregnancy, hate crimes, etc).

Here, you are required to present Music Review. You are supposed to choose one social issue/problem and find at least 5 songs with lyrics that address your chosen social issue/problem. Furthermore, analyze the songs and compare and contrast how they address that issue and find sources that address music and your social problem. Also, find one peer-reviewed article that discusses your social issue problem and how it is portrayed by the media. Finally, by discussing how your analysis is helpful and relevant in the study of American Popular Culture conclude your music review.

Music Review

1) Choose ONE social issue or social problem (i.e. drugs, the environment, war, teenage pregnancy, hate crimes, etc).

2) Find at least 5 songs with lyrics that address your chosen social issue/problem. You will need to cite these songs using proper APA formatting (see below).

3) Analyze the songs for similarities and differences in how they address the social issue/problem

• look for themes within and among the songs (i.e. songs about war that talk about ‘ending war’
• consider the year the songs were copyrighted
• consider the genre the song fits in
• is the song directed at a particular audience? (think socio-demographic characteristics: age, race/ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status (SES), and sexuality)
• what type of vocabulary, words, grammar, euphemisms, vernacular is used for the lyrics?
• Consider the actual production of the song as well: tempo, emotion, male/female singer, individual singer/band, etc.

4) Find at least two sources that address music AND your social problem (i.e. the sources are providing similar analysis or commentary on how your social problem is addressed through music).  These may be popular sources (i.e. magazine articles or websites), but Wikipedia is NOT acceptable.

5) Find at least ONE peer-reviewed article that discusses your social issue problem and how it is portrayed by the media (ideally this would be focused on your social issue and problem, but this may be difficult to find – so an article on TV, radio, internet, movies is OK).

• See Finding Peer Reviewed Journals guidelines for how to find a peer-reviewed journal article through the APUS online library (under weekly Lessons)

5) Write-up your paper

1. Cover Page
2. Clearly identify your chosen social issue/problem.
   1. Why are you interested in studying this?
3. Write-up your analysis of how this social issue/problem is addressed in the 5 songs you chose
   1. NOTE: this is the majority of your paper. It is a ‘comparative critical’ analysis of how your chosen social issue/problem is addressed in these songs.  It is NOT a summary of each song, and it should not include cutting and pasting the lyrics of all of the songs into the paper.
   2. Use the prompts in step 3 to help you organize this analysis
   3. Information about the singer/band should be a VERY minimal part of this analysis; the lyrics are the heart of the analysis
   4. APA-formatted in-text citations should be used throughout this section
4. Briefly describe the TWO sources you found that discuss music and your chosen social problem.
   1. Discuss how the analysis or commentary in these two sources compares to your analysis
   2. Remember your APA-formatted in-text citations
5. Briefly describe your chosen peer-reviewed article.
   1. What is the main research question/thesis of the article
   2. What is the research method used in the article (i.e. survey, interview, content analysis, observation, experiment, etc)
   3. What are the key findings of the article
   4. Discuss how the findings in this article can help you to better understand/explain your chosen social issue/problem and how it is addressed in your chosen songs
   5. Remember APA-formatted in-text citations
6. Conclude by discussing how your analysis is helpful and relevant in the study of American Popular Culture

PAPER FORMAT:

• length: 3-5 pages
• APA formatting should be used throughout
• 1” margins
• 12 pt arial or times new roman font
• in-text citations and corresponding full references
• See APA formatting help under Lessons

Examples:

Nicks, S. (1977). Dreams [Recorded by Fleetwood Mac]. On Rumours [CD]. Burbank, Calif.: WB Records.

Vine, C. (1996). 5 bagatelles [Recorded by I. Munro]. On Mere bagatelles [CD]. Australia: Tall Poppies.

Mussorgsky, M. P. (1994). Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov [Edited by K. Marie Stolba] On Development of western music, Vol. 2, No. 4.[CD]. Madison, Wis.: Brown and Benchmark.

Example of Rerecording by artist other than composer with different recording date:

Goodenough, J. B. (1982). Tails and trotters [Recorded by G. Bok, A. Mayo, & E. Trickett]. On And so will we yet [CD]. Sharon, CT; Folk- Legacy Records. (1990).

In text citations singer or  band, copyright year and track number.

• g. for the song: “Tails and Trotters” (Goodenough, 1982, track 5)