So just to start off this is not a bash on any of the musicians, ask anybody and they'll tell you that trina is my favorite music artist alive so there's no way this should be twisted as a dis on her.
In class we talked about there being a huge income gap, and I believe its the media that links a persons income to the recession happening in America.
So this is a prime example of how media drives peoples wallets and I believe without cocky songs like this there would either be no recession or we'd be out of it by now. People listen to songs like this and see music videos similar to this one and then they want to be like that. People strive their whole lives to be able to have a whole buch of cars, big houses, and maybe just maybe be seen as a Million Dollar Girl [or boy]. But the thing about people is that we want instant gratification, so we won't wait to be legitly rich to spend a lot of money.
People watch these videos and want to be just like the musicians in it so they go out and spend their money so they feel more like the people they see on TV, hear in songs, or watch in movies. But what each and every one of us finds out is that our paychecks only go so far, and its no where near the amount Keri Hilson can spend off her paychecks. But we still do this by spend, spend, spend, spending our money on materialistic things to make us feel richer than we are when in reality we're digging ourselves into a deeper hole versus climbing up to the top.
This then causes people to be scrapping up their last dollars in order to pay for their true necesities (bills, food, etc). This then diminishes the money people want to be saving for the future, which then causes people to take out loans in order to pay for the things they need. The high amount of loans being ok'd by banks is not the only factor and contribution to the recession, but it definetly takes a piece of that pie.
*video from http://www.mtv.com/videos/trina/495537/million-dollar-girl.jhtml#artist=710288
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I liked how you made a connection between media and the recession we are currently in, it is very interesting. I never thought about listen to songs like this would generate such a great impacts in our lives. But I think you are probably right! Songs like these can possibly make people less realistic, and encourage them to pursuit something that they thought to be the most important thing to have. However, it is very hard to regulate and prevent this type of information from being presented :(
ReplyDeleteI agree with Li-yun, interesting connection. Many theorists have posited a connection between media-driven consumer culture, and economic hardship (whether it's individual or society-wide). The credit bubble was a major cause of the recession.
ReplyDeleteAs I understand it this is submitted for Blog #6, the topics for that were sexual orientation or disability.