1. HYPOTHESIS
STATEMENT
This thesis presents the hypothesis that through subcultures created by media to generate
profits, new learning strategies can be developed to tackle education through dance.
Media companies use the vast amount of information available on the web to create new
contemporary subcultures for revenue by observing search terms, photos posted, Twitter
postings and Facebook statuses. Subcultures are groups of people in various parts of the
world sprouting in reaction to music, standards of society, ideals and beliefs. Companies
create acculturated subcultures by using the Internet and MIME tools, a communication
protocol that allows for the transmission of data in forms such as audio and video form.
I propose that we use these subcultures not just to generate profits but also to tackle
education through the use of social media and MIME tools to generate new contemporary
ways of self-expression using dance in education.

2. Introduction/Overview
Using MIME tools to create subcultures that will develop strategies for learning tools incorporating
dance.
1 What is a Subculture?
A. Define
B. Present 2- 3 examples of past and present subcultures.
C. Talk about their beliefs and what they wish to accomplish as a subculture
2 Development of Subcultures by Media.
How are subcultures created by media?
Explain how it is being done through:
A. Social Media
B. What are MIME tools? Explain data flow?
C. Case studies/examples of subcultures created by media.
3. Education and social media
A. Describe current developments in education using social media.
B. Present case studies in which music, dance and art was used as a form
of communication to engage students in education.
C. Propose new strategies to use dance and social media to engage and educate students.
RESEARCH OUTLINE