In-class interview #4

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Holly Stadel

In class on November 10 we discussed how Taylor Swift had pulled all of her music from Spotify – a streaming program for free music. My interviewee and I discussed streaming music, and how so many people do it now because it's available. We talked about the value of music and talent,  and how artists don't get paid enough for what they do, which was the basis of Swift's decision to pull her music. We also discussed the idea that music is political, but less now than it was in the past. My interviewee feels that there was more going on politically in the past, which is why music had more involvement in the expression of political beliefs. 

in-class interview #3

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Holly Stadel

In class on Sept. 29 we discussed innovation in the music industry, and how artists sometimes become less of performers because of it. I asked my interviewee whether or not she felt innovation in music was a good thing, and she gave a really in-depth response about how performing has changed with new technology. She believed that technology like autotune changes people's voices too much, and fans would be disappointed if you could not perform to the same extent when live because people don't really sound like that. She also thought that when artists use recordings in their concerts so that they can dance instead is wrong, that people would rather hear you sing than see you dance. We then briefly discussed how genres have stereotypical fans, but had to end because of time constraints. 

in-class interview #2

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Holly Stadel

In class on Sept. 22 we discussed the contact hypothesis, which says that when you come in contact with something/someone or group more often, prejudice or stereotypes will  dissolve. I asked my partner if he believed in this hypothesis, and he spoke about how he did and what he believed it meant. I asked a follow up question about whether he had personal experiences that he could share, which he did. Because of how in-depth my partner went in his initial response, I was left without much to ask about, so our interview ended and we switched roles.

in-class interview #1

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Holly Stadel

In class on September 8th, my interviewee and I discussed the issue of consent. Recently, the notion that "yes means yes" has been looked at as a solution to sexual assault and ambiguity of consent. I think the main point my interviewee wanted to make was that every situation is different, and "yes means yes" probably wouldn't work better than "no means no." We discussed how "no" is a more definite indicator of consent, and people just need to be more responsive to it. Because this was the first interview we did, I was nervous and not sure how to probe for more information. Our conversation ended rather abruptly because neither of us felt comfortable with the idea of interviewing yet. The recording was 170 seconds long.

In-Class Interview 12/8/14

I interviewed my classmate on Monday December 8, 2014 on my personal recorder because my icati account had expired already. I interviewed her on police discrimination on minorities. She had finished watching a video on Netflix called "Skid Row" and said that the police officers would stop and pull someone over just if they looked suspicious. She also said that it there would always be stereotypes, especially with African Americans. Where she works, she said that her manager always tell her to keep an eye on people who come into the store looking suspicious. She believes that there are some people who do look a bit "sketchy" and should be kept an eye on, but those people do not always fall under the same ethnicity.

 

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In-Class Interview 12/3/14

I interviewed my classmate on Wednesday December 3, 2014 on my personal recorder because my icati account had expired already. I interviewed her on the topic of lowering college tuition. She believes that community college is a lot cheaper than an actual university and that maybe university should be a bit more like a community college. Except with the fact that it will be a university. She pointed out an idea that maybe if universities did not have dorms, then maybe tuition could also be lowered. But it would maybe cause fewer students to come from out of town. Other ideas would be if other expenses were cut such as parking permits, books, and other expenses that does not include in tuition could help even out the price.

 

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In-Class Interview 11/10/14

I interviewed my classmate on Monday November 10, 2014 on whether or not she thought that streaming would take over people buying actual CD albums. She thinks it will because it is easier to receive it directly to one's phone than to go to the store and buy a whole album. She also said that it is cheaper because even though one is not technically purchasing a CD, they do have it on their phone and can listen to it whenever they'd like, that is if they have Wi-Fi or Internet on their phone. Some of the ways that she listens to music for free is on Pandora and Spotify. But she also believes that artists will not mind if their fans did not purchase their albums because if they truly had faith in their fans, they would appreciate them listening to their music any way that they could.

 

 

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In-Class Interview 11/5/14

I interviewed my classmate on Wednesday November 5, 2014 on what his opinion was on assistant suicide. He did not have a specific point of view, but he did believe that it was up to the person's personal decision. He does not like the overall idea of assistant suicide, but feels that it is not his place to put his opinion on. He believes that there are many other options that one can take instead of simply "giving up." He also believes that since Oregon already has assistant suicide being legal, that other states should also legalize it. He had not heard anything about the young woman's assistant suicide story.

 

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Interview Discussion 10/22/14

I interviewed my classmate on Wednesday October 22, 2014 on a piece of video we saw in class that was about sexism against women and degrading women. She believes that many music videos and commercials use women for their body to promote their own business. She says that on regular TV, it can sometimes be a bit explicit, but not as much as on cable TV. She believes that Carl's Jr. in particular uses women's bodies to promote their burgers, but does not see the point as to how that is promoting burgers and other food. She said that degrading women should be stopped and that one of the best ways to do this is if more women would stand up for themselves. She made a strong point that not only women should defend women, but that we also need men to stand up for women.

 

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Interview Discussion 9/24/14

I interviewed one of my classmates on Wednesday September 24 about a piece of a video we saw called, "Lost Angels Skid Row Is My Home." My interviewee had noticed that the homeless people were really close to each other and seemed to be more of a community. She saw "Skid Row" as it's own world. She wondered as to why there are so many people there and was in shock about how many people were there and their backgrounds of how they ended up there. Homelessness is a serious issue and the interviewee and myself want to continue watching that documentary.

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Volunteering at Hunger Table

Here is my dual submission for participation in the the Hunger Table.  There are two people on the same recording.

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Matt Teresi

Monday 7pm class Pop Culture

In Class Interview Submissions

Here are my in class interviews conducted throughout the semester:

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Max Silva - Outside Interview 12/15/2014

I am reposting because I forgot to type the information in the subject Sorry :(

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In this interview, I talked to a coworker about the Eric Garner case. He said that he definitely does not agree with the outcome, mentions that Garner was completely nonviolent, and makes the point that police are not supposed to be above the law, but this case is another instance that shows that police really are above the law. I ask the interviewee about one of the defenses used for this police officer, and something that is used for most police officers when they find themselves in this situation, and that is that Garner was resisting arrest and making the police officer's job more difficult. The interviewee says that cops are supposed to be trained professionals and be able to deal with noncompliant citizens in a professional manner. He says that somebody resisting arrest does not deserve to be put in a choke hold. The interviewee says its unnecessary aggression by the police. 

Re: Lit Review

Hi,

You are right that we didn't read any articles specifically on contemporary rock. 

 

Still, you need one article from the course.  I suggest you look at the reading list and choose one article from one of these labels,

 

theory, politics, music industry.

 

The other articles (you should have at least two more) can be any academic journal articles. 

 

The purpose is to summarize the findings and methods of the articles (same thing you were doing in the quizzes).

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To: "Timothy Kubal" <tkubal@csufresno.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 8:11:12 PM
Subject: Lit Review

Hi Dr. Kubal, 

Im having a hard time finding a literature review for the paper. I didn't read any articles on contemporary rock, nor do I think we went over any of that topic. Can I just browse the Henry Madden Library database for articles? What exactly am I trying to say in my paper about these articles?

Thank you

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Classroom Interview #5

Boris Rudolfs

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November 5

For this interview, the interviewee was asked as to whether or not they personally felt that assisted suicide was a dignified method to die. The interviewee stated that they did not feel it is a dignified way to die, as there are individuals with similar diseases who may survive, and live on for years beyond the life expectancy stated by a doctor, and that with rapidly emerging health technology, anything can happen. When asked whether or not a young, Oregon female who chose to commit assisted suicide died with dignity, the interviewee stated that she did not, but had instead died on her own terms. They also felt that it was unfair, to a certain extent, for the family members and her husband.

The interviewee was also asked if they ever felt there was an instance where assisted suicide could be dignified. Once again, the interviewee stated that they felt there is not a circumstance where assisted suicide may be a dignified way to die. Even with elderly patients who may be unable to live without serious support for their health, the interviewee held to their belief that since we do not know when we are going to die, there is no way that suicide, whether it is assisted or not assisted, is dignified.

interview in class - Outsourcing music

this interview is about outsourcing music, have CD's gone absolute? The interviewee believes that yeah the way of music is changing because mainly she listens to spotify and pandora. It kind of already has taken over CD's and she really doesnt even buy songs anymore because it is free but if she was buying one song is not that expensive. The next question was about the songs being less political than back in the 70's. The interviewee says that music is just more about having fun, nobody really talks about the actual issues like they did in the past. Though some country music may talk about the issues. We concluded the interview with a question about if it is worth it to buy music. She says that no its not worth it because she doesnt buy music since she can get it for free. And shes not going to buy a whole CD anymore because she doesnt know all the songs.


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Interview in class -Blurred lines

This interview is about the song Blurred Lines and the meaning behind it. We looked at two comments that argued about the songs intentions. The person I interviewed understood the point one comment was making about the women dressing provocatively in night clubs and sending messages to males like they are wanting to have their attention. And Blurred lines meant to her that in the club setting it can be confusing to the male if the women is trying to get them their attention or not because of the message the women is sending towards the males. It matters how women portray themselves in certain situations. In the end the interviewee believes that no matter what people should be respectful of others no matter how they are dressed and we should be clear about intentions.

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interview in class - Video Games

This interview done in class was about sexism in video games. The person I interviewed believes that it is wrong video games portrays women in such light because young people are playing these games and being influenced to believe that this is the right way to treat a women. She also believes that this is happening in other pop culture such as movies and music but because we are in such a gamer generation that the influence is stronger through games. Its frightening that some people think the world of video games can relate to the real world and they can do the same things. We also talked about the Santa Barbra incident that happened because he believe all women owed him something and we related that back to how the media portrays the women in such light that it brings males to truly believe they are able to do these nasty things.

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In this interview, I talked to a coworker about the Eric Garner case. He said that he definitely does not agree with the outcome, mentions that Garner was completely nonviolent, and makes the point that police are not supposed to be above the law, but this case is another instance that shows that police really are above the law. I ask the interviewee about one of the defenses used for this police officer, and something that is used for most police officers when they find themselves in this situation, and that is that Garner was resisting arrest and making the police officer's job more difficult. The interviewee says that cops are supposed to be trained professionals and be able to deal with noncompliant citizens in a professional manner. He says that somebody resisting arrest does not deserve to be put in a choke hold. The interviewee says its unnecessary aggression by the police. 

Classroom Interview #4

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October 22

In this interview, the interviewee was asked if they believe that misogyny is an issue in modern popular culture after watching a short program about misogyny in video games, and they gave a resounding affirmative to the question. They began by stating that in their own experience, they love video games, spending many hours playing them. And that, while their own view of reality and of women is not entirely distorted by the games they play, the target audience for these mediums is may become desensitized to the violence and misogyny that takes in the real world. 

When asked how we could possibly stop or negate this potential for desensitizing people to misogyny, the interviewee stated that an excellent first step would be to create and empower female characters, that are not displayed as weak and requiring a savior. The subject of the interview revolved around a discussion of a video game called Dragon Age, which the interviewee has personally played, so they gave some personal insight into the plot details that the source discussion cited within the game. They said that within the game itself, there was a dialogue choice, where the player can choose to save a girl from being raped, or choose not to save her. Both myself and the interviewee agreed that was a rather poor choice for a dialogue decision tree within a game.

After this, the interviewee was asked what they thought of the relationship cultural violence, popular culture and global violence. They stated, that while they do not believe that virtual actions will translate to actions in the real world, they did believe that popular culture has a significant relationship to cultural violence. To accentuate their point, they gave an example of how after September 11th, 2001, video games started to focus more on "first person, military shooters always shooting brown people" and that in film, television, and many other forms of media, those individuals from the Middle East, North Africa, and that area of the world were now the villains of every story.

The interviewee then stated that placing this blame on video games and the players themselves was not so much an issue though, as there are many factors that may determine why a person plays these games. However, the perception of the world and culture for younger generations can be distorted by first-person shooter games, with a far more romanticized view of the military being given to them, rather than the dirty, bloody, horrible truth of what actually goes on in warfare.

Boris Rudolfs

5 Class Participation Interviews. Erica Jacobsma. Popular Culture, Monday Night Class

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1.) This interview was about homelessness in the area that the interviewee lives in. I had asked what county he lived in, if he thought homelessness was an issue in his county, if he thinks that people rely too much on the government, and who he wants to see help with homelessness. He told me that he lives in Fresno County, does not think there is a problem with homelessness in this county, thinks people rely too much on the government, and wants to see the government help more or be responsible for homelessness in the county that he loves in.

 

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2.)This interview was about genres of music. The person that I interviewed talked about genres such as metal and punk music. She talked about how some people can be stereotyped by what kind of music that they listen to because of the way that they dress or by their ethnicity.

 

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3.)This interview asks the question if artists are paid enough money. The interviewee basically stated that she believes that people who are born with the talent to sing should not get paid for it. She said that doctors deserve to be paid more money than music artists.

 

My icati number stopped working for the other interviews.

4.) Another interview that I did in class asked if the Criminal Justice system is fair to all groups. The interviewee answered by saying that she was on the fence about this subject. She said that it depends on the location. She thinks that the police are mainly fair to all racial groups, but that she may be biased because she has a relative that is a police officer.

 

5.) In this interview, I asked if this person thought that culture plays a big role in the type of music that people listen to. He said that he thinks that most of the time, peoples culture does affect the type of music that someone might listen to. He said that many people who live in poor neighborhoods are minorities, and they listen to rap music because they can relate with the types of struggles that rappers describe in their rap lyrics. 

5 class participation interviews. Erica Jacobsma. Popular Culture, Monday night class.

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1.) This interview was about homelessness in the area that the interviewee lives in. I had asked what county he lived in, if he thought homelessness was an issue in his county, if he thinks that people rely too much on the government, and who he wants to see help with homelessness. He told me that he lives in Fresno County, does not think there is a problem with homelessness in this county, thinks people rely too much on the government, and wants to see the government help more or be responsible for homelessness in the county that he loves in.

 

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2.)This interview was about genres of music. The person that I interviewed talked about genres such as metal and punk music. She talked about how some people can be stereotyped by what kind of music that they listen to because of the way that they dress or by their ethnicity.

 

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3.)This interview asks the question if artists are paid enough money. The interviewee basically stated that she believes that people who are born with the talent to sing should not get paid for it. She said that doctors deserve to be paid more money than music artists.

 

My icati number stopped working for the other interviews.

4.) Another interview that I did in class asked if the Criminal Justice system is fair to all groups. The interviewee answered by saying that she was on the fence about this subject. She said that it depends on the location. She thinks that the police are mainly fair to all racial groups, but that she may be biased because she has a relative that is a police officer.

 

5.) In this interview, I asked if this person thought that culture plays a big role in the type of music that people listen to. He said that he thinks that most of the time, peoples culture does affect the type of music that someone might listen to. He said that many people who live in poor neighborhoods are minorities, and they listen to rap music because they can relate with the types of struggles that rappers describe in their rap lyrics. 

Classroom Interview

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Nov. 10th

In this interview, the interviewee was asked whether or not they felt that streaming was going to overtake purchasing when it came to music. They stated that to a certain extent, this has already occurred. However, they believe that it may depend on the demographic of the listener, and that they personally try to support the artists they listen to in any way possible, including buying CD's, merchandise, and even vinyl. When queried whether they listened to the vinyl or were a proponent of vinyl, they stated that they did not, however, if the artist took the time to publish in that format, that the interviewee would buy it to support them. 

The interviewee was then asked whether or not they felt that music was no longer political. They answered that they felt that music is just as political today, if not even more political, than it was in the 1960's. They gave examples, including hip hop in the 80's and 90's encouraging and mobilizing black youths to enroll in college. However, the fact that there is no longer a major want for cultural change, and the popular music industry not supporting political music as a result, makes it far more difficult to get a hold of.

The  interviewee then asked their thoughts on the worth of music. As a musician, they gave a personal experience that they had, where a fan sent them an email asking them for any and all music that the interviewee had produced. They used this as an example of just how the worth of music can be very subjective, being priceless to one person in Vermont, and worthless to some other person.

For the final thoughts of the interviewee, they stated that they do not like for Johnny Cash's music, finding the somewhat morbid tone and  the music trying to evoke emotion, not being to their taste. Instead, they prefer that music has more of a meaning to it, and evokes something more than just some raw emotion like sadness.

Boris Rudolfs

Classroom Interview

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Nov. 24

In this interview, the interviewee was asked whether or not they had attended any concerts recently. They answered that they had attended a Brantley Gilbert country music concert. They stated that while they do normally enjoy country music concerts, and that they still did enjoy this concert, that it was more of an outlaw country sound, which they attributed to the sound of his voice. Some of the factors they enjoyed about the concert included the opening acts, which they felt were really good, however, they were unable to hear the lyrics of the main act clearly, which is part of the reason they like to attend concerts so the night was not as good as it could have been. In addition, they also answered a little bit of what Thanksgiving means to them, and it really is defined as just a time for them to be thankful for everything that they have.

Boris Rudolfs

Classroom Interview

Interview Conducted on Monday, Dec. 8

iCati account had expired by this time.

The interviewee was asked whether they felt that the Justice System in the United States was unfair, and they answered with a resounding yes. In addition to citing evidence in regards to the Eric Garner case, and how it was ignored during the grand jury testimony, the interviewee also mentioned the Darren Wilson and the shooting of Michael Brown. In both instances, they felt that the lack of indictment for officers was a testament to the corruption in the justice system and in the police force. When asked how they felt we should respond to this, they stated that police officers are not above the law, and that better training, and employing local officers in the police force would be an excellent start.

Boris Rudolfs

Sean Foley, In class interviews.

These are the interviews from in class that I have.

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Re: Ricardo Torres, Race W 7:00-9:50pm

Yes.  You can get extra credit for all of these, if they are done accurately.  Just add your extra credit tables as an appendix to each of your final two papers. 

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From: hector0872@mail.fresnostate.edu
To: "tkubal" <tkubal@csufresno.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 4:07:46 PM
Subject: Ricardo Torres, Race W 7:00-9:50pm

Hello Dr. Kubal,

I originally submitted 5 tables for the quantitative portion but only found quotes for 3 tables (I had to create another table to complete the requirements). I remember you mentioned something about receiving extra credit for extra tables. Is possible I can receive extra credit for the tables I couldn't find any quotes? Also, is it possible to receive extra credit from the table I had to create for the presentation?

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in class interview

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In this interview, I asked her if streaming music is going to overtake purchasing music.  She said that she thinks it will overtake it because people are more willing to pay a small fee for a variety of music instead of a  single song.  All her friends stream music, so her experience is that streaming is more popular than purchasing.  I asked her, if streaming did take over, how it would effect the music industry.  She said she didn't think it would that much because most artists are making money from things other than buying individual songs.

In class interview

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In this interview, I asked her about her opinion of the meaning behind the song, "Blurred Lines".  She said that she could see how it could have a negative deeper meaning to it and that she doesn't think it is the best influence on people, but that people look too much into songs.  I asked her if she thought that the song would change people's behavior, and she said that the bad people would, but that they are already acting badly on their own.  But they might justify their actions because of the song.  I then asked if she believed that lyrics had any effect on people in general or change society.  She said she couldn't see how the world would be different if we didn't have songs like this.  Bad people would still do bad things.  She believes that people act the way they act regardless of what lyrics they are listening to.