Friday

My primary sources are two album covers of the leading figures in different pop music. The analysis of the differences in details would turn into the descriptions of different pop music. Then my secondary source would figure out the problem that the if the differences in performing style or expression of music impede or decelerate the globalizing project of Korean pop to the west market.

My secondary sources:
"Bringing K-pop to the West"
"Hallyu: Influence of Korean Popular Culture in Asia and Beyond"
"Have you ever seen the Rain? And who'll stop the Rain? : the globalizing project of Korean pop (K-pop)"

I will use one of above source to describe the Korean wave that emerges in recent years.
Then, my analysis would be divided into two parts. Because the Korean pop are evaluated in opposite views by American public and Ameican music critic. The reason is that these two kinds of people have different attitudes toward the unique performing style of K-pop.
One would discuss how the differences achieve the success in gathering popularity in public.
The other would focus on the reason why the performing style is not be recognized by professionals.

quiz on Friday

1. What is the relationship between claims and evidence?
 The relationship btween claims and evidence is rarely self-evidence. Hence, the claims must be explained by the evidence.

2. Why is this important?
My understanding of this question is that what can evidence do for the claims.
first of all, to substantiate the claims. sometimes, writers use the unsubstantiate claims without any explaination but only the conclusion.
Then the evidence can help us to test our ideas and primary analysis.
Evidence could explain and define some key words accurately and precisely.
Finally, to qualify of claims.  

3. How can you apply this to your own academic writing, especially when secondary sources are involved?
A. to select telling piece of the data. Not  all parts of evidence are useful. You have to frame the data for your analysis.
B. to explain these evidences
C. to show the relationship or connection between your claims and evidence
D. try to qualify or imporve your claims within the evidence.
All steps above involve in the action that making your evidence speak so that to advance your claims.

Le Zhang : Primary Source Summary

 


My subject is the different evaluations of popular music in different countries, especially the difference in Eastern and Western cultures.


 The left picture is the album of a korean girls singing group whose music style is similar to that of America, as compared with other singers in their country. And the right picture is the album of the leading figures of American pop music, The Black Eyed Peas. What is the similarity between these two groups is not only the concept of these two photographs but also their music style. Even the songs of the korean group in this album are composed by the member of The Black Eyed Peas.

However, they have different way to perform the similar songs. Because the diverse deductions for the music, people are unlikely to classify their songs into one category. Also, some details on the pictures reveal the different focuses of pop music in different countries.