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MODULE 01 WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 12
Popular Music Influence on the Society
Lyrics used in songs highly influence the society mostly the
young people. Most young people can sing all the lyrics to their
favorite songs. Artists are now viewed as key determinants of
popular culture. Most popular culture trends come with music.
Music incorporates fashion, slang and other key factors of
popular culture. Popular music has changed over generations
with new sounds being created to indicate the popular culture at
the time. Thus, we can tell so much about a certain generation
from the lyrics of the songs produced at the time the generation
existed.
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa is a classical song written by Nat King Cole. The
song was part of “The Greatest Hits” album released in 1950.
The song did well in the music billboard charts and it was a
certified hit. The most interesting thing about the song is the
history behind the song. The song describes a painting by
Leonardo Da Vinci called Mona Lisa. Leonardo’s painting
comprises of a beautiful woman who appears to have a
mysterious smile. She looks elegant and one cannot tell what
emotions she has at the time.
The song’s lyrics explain the dilemma in the picture where one
tries to find out the real emotions of Mona Lisa. Nat King’s
lyrics explain the dilemma one has after admiring the Mona
Lisa’s beauty and her unpredictable emotions. The song
symbolizes the mystery of love. In the song, Nat King questions
whether Mona Lisa’s smile is meant to tempt a lover or to hide
her heartbreak. Further, the lyrics explain love from a
mysterious point of view. The song shows admiration for Mona

Lisa even and her mysterious smile (Chapman & Johnson,
2016). Comment by Author: Adding some of the lyrics here
to highlight the symbolic nature of the song would have added
more depth to your analysis
How Music Influences People
Music influences the public mostly because of the feelings got
from a song. The Mona Lisa song has an emotional appeal that
is inspired by the lyrics. In the song, love is described as
mysterious. The song was made in the 1950’s where there was a
large dominance of group bands. The emotional appeal of the
song was highly appropriate for the music audience. Nat King’s
audience comprised of young people mostly at nightclubs
looking for love and affection. Therefore, the song received a
lot of popularity among the young audience. The music
composition also represents the current generation at the time.
In the 1950’s, there was a rapid growth in the media industry
and this led to rise in demand for new music that suited the
audience (Bogle, 2015). Listening to music is now a popular
culture and most people find it habitual. Music composition
influences the mood of the listener and the intelligence. The
lyrics of the song Mona Lisa are very intellectual especially
while choosing a spouse. The mood set by the song is romantic.
Therefore, this is very suitable for nightclub audiences and
young people looking for love. According to Bogle (2015), an
average American citizen listens to four hours of music daily.
Therefore, the message present in the music highly determines
the influence of the music on the society. Comment by
Author: Adding some of the lyrics here to highlight the
symbolic nature of the song would have added more depth to
your analysis
In the mid 20thmid-20th century, bands were successful in
America and in Europe. Therefore, this was a popular trend in
most countries (Chapman & Johnson, 2016). The music content

at the time also mattered a lot to the listeners. Songs produced
at the time were emotional because of the growing popularity of
romantic songs. In addition, there were high levels of popular
culture in the United States because of the increasing level of
popular music. This led to creation of music charts were
different artists competed for the top chart position.
Module 3 Course Project
Father Knows Best is a widespread radio show that came to life
in this hit sitcom concerning a wise family man, Jim Anderson,
his common-sense wife Margaret together with their children
Bud Betty, and Kathy (In Thompson, and In Mittell, 2013).
Each time these kids required advice concerning, they always
turned to their father since they believed that father knows best.
The show originally began on radio in the year 1949 and starred
Robert Young, who acted as Jim Anderson, who was an
insurance agent. He lived in the town of Springfield together
with his wife and three children as mentioned earlier (Dintrone,
2014). The authentic title of the show ended with a question
mark. The intent was a bumbling father. This title however soon
gave way to an emphatic Father Knows Best, with loving Jim
Anderson protecting his family and his wife (In Thompson, and
In Mittell, 2013).
Thus, the series was adapted from a radio program that starred
Robert Young. CBS aired the show but canceled it in 1955.
However, since it had many followers, these followers’ protests
led to NBC picking it up and subsequently nurturing it into a hit
(Dintrone, 2014).
During the 1950s, a majority of the television entertainment
programs ignored the current events as well as political issues.
The three major networks during that time, ABC, NBC, and
CBS instead developed prime-time shows that appealed to a
general family audience (In Thompson, and In Mittell, 2013).
During the period that the show was being aired, there were
prevalent social issues such as racial discrimination and civil
rights. It was not until the 1960s that the TV news broadcasts

brought the realities of real-world events into people’s living
rooms in vivid detail (Dintrone, 2014).
It was during the airing of this show that President John F.
Kennedy was assassinated. Around the same time as Kennedy’s
assassination, there were horrific images from Vietnam that
were streaming into people’s living rooms during the nation’s
first televised war. However, these issues did not affect the
show in any way (In Thompson, and In Mittell, 2013).
In the show, there were no civil rights issues, murders or even
rapes in Springfield. Additionally, everyone was white, which
was the norm for television during this era. Thus, Springfield
was a make-believe fantasy by the standards of the
contemporary world. However, back then, it was the bulk of real
America (Dintrone, 2014).
Father Knows Best has overly been criticized as some people
are quick to point out how unrealistic this show was. Some of
the reasons these critics give are that no episode dealt with teen
pregnancy, drug addiction, dropping out of school, or any other
relevant topics that pass for entertainment today (In Thompson,
and In Mittell, 2013).
I, however, feel that this show, as well as others of its era, was
overly hopeful in its portrayal of family and community. It
concentrated on the issues of family warmth, love, charity, and
decency. The kids in the show faced normal 1950s problems of
a white, middle-class family. The show emphasizes on the
culture of developing strong family values (Dintrone, 2014).
Jim Anderson exhibited an understanding that was appreciated
by the rest of the family as well as by the viewers. I feel that
television in most cases through the different characters playing
various roles, they often tend to be inclined to what is really
happening in the society. For instance, most of the episodes in
Father Knows Best explore issues of parental arrogance, male
egotism, as well as conformist nastiness in an effective way (In
Thompson, and In Mittell, 2013).

Ms. Makes It, during its time, served as more than an article
because it engaged women directly in an attempt to trigger
change to their way of life without necessarily altering their
worlds. The article formed a key part of a movement within its
era that stirred in the hearts of girls and women across the
United States of America despite their racial differences. The
story gave women a new perspective about their lives, their
relevance in the society as well as the role that they needed to
play to ensure that the world progressed towards a better future.
The article spread across women of all ages like wind with fires
lighting up in their hearts that propelled the feminist movement
of the 1970s.
The article, as well as the magazine in which it was published,
sought to demonstrate the feminine potential in the world hence
showing them that they deserved everything that was believed
to belong to the man. These included leadership positions,
decision-making responsibilities, and working amongst other
social and cultural facets of life. Therefore, the article
empowered the women by showing them that they could make it
in whatever they set their mind towards achieving because the
woman had as much potential as the man. Women owned the
magazine itself, edited the stories, and focused its entirety on
issues that faced women in pursuit of illuminating the woman’s
inferior perception in the society by their male counterparts.
Through this highlights, it sought to empower them to earn
positions that they deserved, as was the core aim of the Ms.
Makes It article of 1972.
A New York editor called Clay Felker funded the Ms. Magazine
in 1972 with the intent of making the feminine stand known not
only to the wealthy, but also to the women struggling with
social challenges within their familial settings. During this
time, women were mostly perceived as inferiors required by
their male counterparts to remain home and deal only with
house chores. They could not pursue academic prosperity to the
levels that men did and neither could they pursue their careers
beyond a certain stage. This culture had become widely

accepted and it defined at least 90% of American women. In this
regard, the Ms. Makes It article took the responsibility to
reform this culture and free women of the invincible chains. As
the most influential article in the Ms. Magazine, it enlightened
women of how far they could reach only if they said no to being
‘housewives’ and reaching for their goals. It empowered them
on their ability to lead and own businesses that influenced
others even by the magazine’s ownership itself. Gloria Steinem,
amongst other women, portrayed the capability of women to
lead others without necessarily breaking any laws, but by
making known their equality in the nation.
The writer sends a freedom and success message to the audience
by telling them that they can make it only if they started trying.
Successfully, the article influenced popular culture as was
expected by triggering a tidal wave in the feminine movement.
More women arose and joined academic institutions towards
qualifying for the job market. With time, women were at least
three in every seven men within majority workplaces. Their
competitiveness shot beyond majority of women hence allowing
them to rise to higher positions faster. In addition, the magazine
became a noteworthy milestone in the feminine wave for the
next three to four decades with its issues selling out within
weeks, if not days, of publication.
Give an example of a current, active website that is based in the
US, which expresses the values of globalization, and analyze
the site. Google is amongst the best website that has insights on
the values of globalization. Websites based in the U.S which
express values of globalization provide numerous points that lay
the foundation for the controversial topic.
The site gives a reviewed examination on the idea of
globalization. In connection, it additionally highlights a few
vital parts of reliant bodies working within the field. While the
relationship between the internet and globalization is analyzed,
numerous information from the site additionally examines the

association of the same with society and legislative issues.
Globalization is the speeding up and escalation of monetary
association among the general population, organizations, and
legislatures of various countries.
Most investigations of globalization tend to concentrate on
changes happening in the financial and political circles. The
subtle elements of those issues, for example, tax rates and
universal assertions, have fallen inside the customary area of
government civil servants and political pioneers (Johnson,
2009). The internet has demonstrated its top spot on the
vitalization of the impactful change. Considering the way that
the two are sides of the same coin, they are reliant and work
from the same wing keeping in mind the desired end goal.
What cultural values do the site you chose reflect?
For some individuals, their own social qualities and cultural
dimensions are excessively critical, making it impossible to
compromise it, no decimation can be viewed as influential or
innovative. On the other hand, globalization can likewise be a
significantly improving procedure, opening personalities to new
thoughts and encounters, and reinforcing the finest and all-
inclusive estimations of humankind.
Consequently, numerous policy makers have not yet considered
how the assurance of indigenous social qualities clashes with
the strengths of globalization. A considerable number of the
inquiries raised relating to social issues are new and a portion
of the ways that social issues are drawn nearer might be of
flawed legitimacy. An in-depth analysis aims at investigating
some of these particularly crucial issues required in the
globalization ideology. Relevant bodies concerned with this
Issue in Depth ought to attempt to consider social issues
relating to globalization as far as clashing qualities, choose for
themselves what parts of globalization might be certain,
negative, or genuinely in various to societies around.
Subsequently, the change in the procedure of globalization
implicates an adjustment in the character of different languages;
particularly those of the underdeveloped nations at the expense

of the developed ones (Johnson, 2009). Relatively, one may take
a look at Hindi and the use of English in talks or writing in
India; there is a recognizable change. New words have been
pioneered in the vocabulary of everyday use. The presentation
of "SMS" on cellular telephones, which has turned into a viral
mode of communication among the young, has gotten another
method of discussion.
What political values are reflected?
The site reflects contentions for and counters contentions
extending crosswise over different measurements in relation to
political dimensions. While heroes of globalization claim that
its extraordinary commitment is social homogenization through
Westernization or Americanization, the champions of
multiculturalism keep up that "all societies are bona fide in
their own particular terms and that neither the West everywhere
nor the United States specifically has the privilege to force its
convictions and qualities onto others. Globalization could have
numerous conceivable outcomes for works of music and writing
later on. They, as the accessible pattern demonstrates, will be
open to countless (Whalley, 2008). Be that as it may, in the time
of present globalization, human society is being commodified,
and happens on the terms of the most capable reflecting the
necessity of power.
Is the site culturally or politically biased in some way?
Subtle elements from the site call attention to an
unbiased purpose of thoughts. It is consistent with say that
however a few zones of the site give out an inclination
impression, there are counter contentions communicating
thoughts of other scholars on the same case study henceforth
killing the circumstance. While English has been flourishing,
different dialects, for example, French, German, Russian,
Spanish and Arabic have been pushed down in the universal
stadium. As per the new version of the Atlas of the World's
Languages in Danger of Disappearing, distributed by the
UNESCO, a large portion of the world's 6,000 indigenous
languages are under the risk of elimination.

Globalization is an agent of stimulation in charge of this.
Wherever they have set up a position of predominance, they
have seen to it that their own dialects are utilized as a part of
schools, organization and the media to the detriment of
neighborhood dialects (Whalley, 2008). Consequently, the Atlas
has additionally underlined that the guardians urge their
youngsters to get the learning of the prevailing languages
keeping in mind the end goal to facilitate their employment
prospects.
How are these values that are reflected by the website distinctly
American?
At the point when measured in terms of languages and
ethnicities exhibit, the United States positions as a standout
amongst the most different nations on the planet. Contrary to
the case however, when measured by the extent of minority
ethnic, semantic or social gatherings, it can be classified as
moderately homogenous. In relation, 97 percent of the U.S.
populace is viewed as conversant in the English dialect, and that
the U.S. Statistics Bureau characterizes 77.9 percent of the
populace inside one noteworthy ethnic gathering. This stands
out significantly from nations, for example Ghana or India,
where no dialect is talked as a native language by any section
that record for more than 30 percent of the laypeople. The
capacity to communicate in English awards one access to nearly
the whole U.S. populace, and also a huge number of other
individuals around the globe.
References
Ms. Makes It. (1972). Time, 100(26), 59

Reference
In Thompson, E., and In Mittell, J. (2013). How to watch
television. New York: New York University Press.
Dintrone, C. (2014). The Television program master index:
Access to critical and historical information on 2,273 shows
in books, dissertations and journal articles. McFarland &
Company, Inc., Publishers.
References
Bogle, D. (2015). Primetime blues: African Americans on
network television. Macmillan.
Chapman, I., & Johnson, H. (Eds.). (2016). Global Glam and
Popular Music: Style and Spectacle from the 1970s to the
2000s. Routledge.
Comments
Good job!! I enjoyed reading your song analysis. However,
highlighting the actual lyrics of the song would have
strengthened your analysis. Please review the grading rubric and
my comments within your returned written assignment for
further details.
Module 01 Course Project - Popular Music and Cultural Impact
Content Criteria
Weight
Grade
Comments
Content
Analysis of cultural impact of song/music.
45

45
Good Job
Content
Defines symbolism, and the symbolic nature of the song chosen.
25
15
Analysis needs further development
Content
Demonstrates knowledge of some of the social and political
issues present in America and, if relevant, international culture
that were going on at the time of the song's release.
20
20
Good Job
Source & Formatting Criteria
Weight
Grade
Comments
Sources:
Meets minimum source requirement (Source from Rasmussen
Library included)
2
2
See Comments within written assignment for further details
APA Citations
Citation(s) used are in APA format
2
2
APA References
Reference(s) used are in APA format
2
2
APA Formatting
Uses proper APA formatting throughout assignment

2
2
Grammar:
Uses proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling
1
1
Mi Page Req.
Meets minimum page requirement (2 -3 pgs)
1
1
Sub-Total
100
90.00
Late Penalty(10% for each day late up to 3 days)
0
0.00
Grand Total
90.00

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