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Re: [microsound] death of monoculture
- To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [microsound] death of monoculture
- From: Shannon Oram <shannonoram@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:54:53 -0700
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Well I wouldn't like anyone having absolute power to decide what
material we see. It's bad enough already.
I don't get your point about youtube. Who watches a stream of recent
uploads?
IMO it's still a bit early to be proclaiming the "death of monoculture"
anyway. Last time I turned on the radio, there were plenty of stations
playing the same old crap.
What irks me is that a radio station playing a continuous stream of pop
hits + promotion tie-ins + advertising can even pass for a "shared
experience".
If monoculture does die, it will only be the death of a business model.
Xdugef wrote:
> Right but then who is granted the power to decide who 's material we
do see if it's
not those who advertise?
And for example when it's a free for all you end up with youtube ..
which personally I like because I can find stuff I want to look at but if
you had to watch a stream of recent uploads it'd be pretty annoying, low
quality and I think I might just prefer to watch commercials.
The only fair power structure is the one where you get to
choose what you watch.. therefor monoculture becomes about you not about
them. ;-)
--- On Mon, 8/18/08, Shannon Oram <shannonoram@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Coca-Cola, Nike, etc, is a part of my culture, but IMO only
because
they've bought their way in. The cultural content they
bring is
generated only to increase shareholder profits. This
isn't a problem
until they begin to drown-out locally generated culture. I
don't want to
live in a community in which the only "shared
experience" is the
advertising material we view on the way to work.
/end rant. ;)
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