Okay people, I have a mighty big question to ask all of you. I need you to think back to your childhood days. When you wanted to listen to music, what was the first thing you went for? Was it your CD player? Tape cassette player? Or was it the radio? The answer to this question will be different for all of you. Personally for me, it was all three of these things.
Okay, second question. Today, when you want to listen to music, what is the first thing you turn to? I won't list options here like I did for the first question, because truthfully, there are just too many ways in which we can access music in this day and age.
Many people say that the radio has died. That it is no longer popular, nor needed today (or at least that's what I've heard). I don't know the exact answer to this question. All I know is that when I am driving in a car, the only thing I listen to is the radio and there are many reasons why. I love listening to the radio because it's a source for me to hear new music that has just come out. Also, the only radio radio stations I listen to play today's newest music and most popular music, for example the American Top 40 countdown.
So has the radio really died? I think it all depends on a person's personal preference for how and when they listen to music.
Like a good, greasy black-and-white paper, there are some traditional mediums that can and will stand the test of time - because of just that, they are traditional. Just as there will always be the modernists, the ones who are always on the brink of emerging technology (in line first to receive the latest ipod), there will always be those in favor of traditional media.
ReplyDeleteTaylor -- you are not lone in enjoying the radio in the car. Make sure, with your academic writing, that you don't include sentence fragments and that you consider the media business models.
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