# MUSIC 423: Contemporary Issues in Popular Music Studies | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### subjects

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### title

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN POPULAR MUSIC STUDIES

### description

Explore contemporary discussions in the academic study of popular musics. Emphasis on foundations of critical and social theory, rather than music analysis. Discuss influential theories regarding mass media, music commodities, and the social construction of musical meaning as well as emerging discourses and concerns. Explore research themes related to a variety of genres, such as jazz, K-Pop, rap, and more.

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* Mass media and music commodities
* Social construction of musical meaning
* Popular music genres (jazz, K-Pop, rap)

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* Applying critical and social theory to music
* Academic analysis of popular music genres

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* Survey of Western music history (1750-present)

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* social construction of musical meaning
* K-Pop rap jazz analysis
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