Social Media is a tool to connected with people around the world with similar interests. This tool is something that changes the way we connect with people with people. So this tool is something that can help create an image and a voice to someone that...

Social Media is a tool to connected with people around the world with similar interests. This tool is something that changes the way we connect with people with people. So this tool is something that can help create an image and a voice to someone that...

Nowdyas, when you want to go to somewhere, what do you do at first?Do you just go to the sightseeing spot!!??Answer is very simple NO! Right??I am sure recently before you go out you always check the web-cite!Today I am going to introduce about ho...

Nowdyas, when you want to go to somewhere, what do you do at first?Do you just go to the sightseeing spot!!??Answer is very simple NO! Right??I am sure recently before you go out you always check the web-cite!Today I am going to introduce about ho...

         Our group topic is "Gosship and Media". The "gossips in media" sounds like informal talk or stories about famous people...such as movie stars or singers. However, there are gossips which we do in ev...

         Our group topic is "Gosship and Media". The "gossips in media" sounds like informal talk or stories about famous people...such as movie stars or singers. However, there are gossips which we do in ev...

Large corporations affect the society in numerous ways especially when it comes to the different means by which they approach their clients in marketing their products or services. Corporations have a big role in pop culture, they have the power to advertise anything they want and make it popular with various ways of advertisements.

Advertising is present in almost all forms of communication; the Internet, the telephone, the print media, billboards, the postal system, television, radio. People can even advertise by talking face to face with others. On the Internet, businesses, companies and corporations have their own Web pages advertising their products, their ways of doing business, their employees, or their services. There are ads placed all over various Web pages.. On the telephone, telemarketing brings advertising down to one person trying to persuade the other into buying a product or a service by word of mouth. In the printing media advertisements are so common that when we look through a magazine we're surrounded by it. It contributes to the loss of distinct cultures and the formation of a mainstream one, a culture of pop music and Gap clothing. The print media is probably the most widespread form of advertising; books, newspapers, magazines, flyers, catalogues. Many big corporations with good advertising attract consumers who are often willing to pay big money for a brand-name.

All these advertisements are done by major corporations, therefore, they are the main reason for the thrive of pop culture. Big corporations sponsor the brand or whatever that is trying to sell or become popular and use all the means shown above and make it become big and famous.

What would we be without these corporations? Our world would become a boring place without competitions between companies and therefore it would be a world without creativity. These competitions make the artists or brand makers be more competitive and therefore try to be more creative to produce something that the others haven’t produce or created yet to make better money. And thus the pop culture gets created.   

Here is a company that won a Clio Award for the McDonalds advertisement, it is called Leo Burnett and it is one of the leading advertisement corporations in the world.

Large corporations affect the society in numerous ways especially when it comes to the different means by which they approach their clients in marketing their products or services. Corporations have a big role in pop culture, they have the power to adv...

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                  Korean girl groups are working in various fields. Girl’s generation, Kara, and 2NE1 are representative of Korean music girl groups. Their music is often located in a high rank on a music chart, and many people see, listen, and sing their music through “You Tube”. The reason why Korean girl groups are popular in Japan is that they have powerful performance and great proportion compared of Japanese girl groups I think. In addition, Paris Hilton, most famous celebrity in the world, posted 2NE1 music video on her blog with comment “why U.S cannot make singer like 2NE1” and it became really a hot issue in Korea. Recently, the concert was held in Paris successfully. It shows that the Korean music has become well known around the world.

                  The people who enjoy listening to Korean music also show curiosity on girl group’s fashion, activity, and even their comments. Few years ago, Japanese fashion, known as Harajuku Fashion, was popular among Korean teenagers. Now in an opposite situation, where Korean culture is coming to Japan.

                   Recently, number of friends asking about Girls’ generation and Kara has increased. It is really good news to hear that people who do not know well about Korea have curiosity on Korean culture along the spread of Korean girl groups’ music. I hope that this current situation is not only a temporary trend, and it keeps to grow constantly as a cultural icon.        

                  I have been studying for a year and a half in Japan. When I came to Japan for the first time, it was hard to meet Korean culture. However, many Kor...

Facebook, Twitter, and Deviantart are three of the biggest ways for artists to spread their work on the internet.  I would like to discuss two particular artists who use these services to reach their fans and customers.First is Felicia Day.Au...

Facebook, Twitter, and Deviantart are three of the biggest ways for artists to spread their work on the internet.  I would like to discuss two particular artists who use these services to reach their fans and customers.First is Felicia Day.Au...

our group. artist 1, is working on how artists use social media to promote themselves.I focused on ?????????(shinsei kamattechan) which is a japanese indie rock band and consists of four members which are Noko, Chibagin, Mono, and Mis...

our group. artist 1, is working on how artists use social media to promote themselves.

I focused on 神聖かまってちゃん(shinsei kamattechan) which is a japanese indie rock band and consists of four members which are Noko, Chibagin, Mono, and Misako.
The reason why I chose 神聖かまってちゃんis because the way they use social media is SO different from others.
I thought that most of bands either popular or indie use managers or companies to promote themselves which means bands are not basically promoting themselves but companies.
BUT in the case of 神聖かまってちゃん, the vocal of the group, NOKO, promotes his band himself by going on 2channel and Niko Niko douga and posting the link to his music videos to get attention by viewers.
Since his lyrics mean something relates to "a loser who have failed to make a connection with people"(which means himself) and music sound is random, the name "shinsei kamattechan" became widely known.

Not only the lyrics and music sound but also his performance on the stage should be paid attention.

His face sometimes gets covered by blood from his head.
His eyes are opened so much.
He sometimes takes his pants off.
and so on..
Since I cannot upload a photo of 神聖かまってちゃん、 I decided to draw a picture of Noko.
I hope you will get some sense of the band.

As I explained in last post, the development of the internet created new pop culture, video sharing. YouTube and ?????? would be the pioneers of this field. These video sharing sites have provided many people with the place to show their ta...

So our group did work on how artists (of all kinds) use social media to promote themselves & their work.I focused specifically on Joseph Tame and how he uses twitter and RunKeeper to create and promote his running art and his social media-semi-alternat...

So our group did work on how artists (of all kinds) use social media to promote themselves & their work.

I focused specifically on Joseph Tame and how he uses twitter and RunKeeper to create and promote his running art and his social media-semi-alternative art contraption, the iRun.

Video interview uploaded! Some of the parts overlap a bit, but enjoy!

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The final project can be viewed here:




While I did not focus on music artists, I'd like to take this opportunity to talk about my job .

I work at a live house (essentially the fancy term for a concert venue)in Shibuya. I am the only 外人 on staff, meaning if my coworkers have questions about the English language (my manager, pictured below, really loves learning all about swear words) or if a foreign customer comes in, my coworkers come to me to ask for help.


(This is from my coworker & was taken last Christmas when we had the gigantic tree up.)

Day after day I deal with managers, staff and even artists involved in the music industry (dur). I see the pain of over-aggressive and neurotic managers on staff & artists alike and, after months of watching it happen, I decided what I want to do with my life: change the system. While it may take time, my ultimate goal is to create a management system in Japan where artists not only have freedom to create, but also freedom to talk or not talk about their personal lives/significant others/etc on twitter/mixi/facebook/what have you.

Anyhow, enough of my ranting about the industry.