Chris Millard
New member
1. How did sound recording survive the advent of radio?
2. How has size and shape affected the evolution of the medium of music? (Consider how music-listening technology has changed over time)
3. How did rock and roll significantly influence not just the music industry but TV and film as well?
4. Rock and roll represented a threat to many parents and adults in the 1950s. Why?
5. What moral and cultural boundaries were blurred by rock and roll in the 1950s?
6. Explain the “British Invasion.” What was its impact on the recording industry?
7. What were the major influences of folk music on the recording industry?
8. Why did hip-hop and punk emerge in the late 1970s and 80s? What do they have in common and how are they different?
9. Why are independent labels so important to the music industry?
10. How has music distribution changed over the last century?
11. In what ways has the internet both helped and hurt the music industry?
12. Why is it ironic that so many forms of alternative music become successful?
13. Name a song or album that has significantly affected U.S. culture. Explain---give an example of some lyrics.
14. Why was the printing press such an important and revolutionary invention?
15. What has happened to the sale of printed encyclopedias?
16. What are the main ways in which digital technologies have changed the publishing industry?
17. What’s the difference between a book that is challenged and one that is banned?
18. What is Andrew Carnegie’s legacy in regard to US libraries?
19. Why is a declining interest in reading a threat to democratic life?
20. How are online book sales and book superstores changing the bookselling industry?
2. How has size and shape affected the evolution of the medium of music? (Consider how music-listening technology has changed over time)
3. How did rock and roll significantly influence not just the music industry but TV and film as well?
4. Rock and roll represented a threat to many parents and adults in the 1950s. Why?
5. What moral and cultural boundaries were blurred by rock and roll in the 1950s?
6. Explain the “British Invasion.” What was its impact on the recording industry?
7. What were the major influences of folk music on the recording industry?
8. Why did hip-hop and punk emerge in the late 1970s and 80s? What do they have in common and how are they different?
9. Why are independent labels so important to the music industry?
10. How has music distribution changed over the last century?
11. In what ways has the internet both helped and hurt the music industry?
12. Why is it ironic that so many forms of alternative music become successful?
13. Name a song or album that has significantly affected U.S. culture. Explain---give an example of some lyrics.
14. Why was the printing press such an important and revolutionary invention?
15. What has happened to the sale of printed encyclopedias?
16. What are the main ways in which digital technologies have changed the publishing industry?
17. What’s the difference between a book that is challenged and one that is banned?
18. What is Andrew Carnegie’s legacy in regard to US libraries?
19. Why is a declining interest in reading a threat to democratic life?
20. How are online book sales and book superstores changing the bookselling industry?