We didn’t have a set reading this week so I thought I would talk about something that I am studying in one of my contextual studies ‘Music in Popular Culture’ which was about the Live Aid and Live 8 concerts. I never knew anything about these until I analysed this reading and it make me think straight away about the media interpreted this in the wrong way compared to what it should of. There was controversy about these concerts because the media started to think that audiences were more concerned about the artists performing, rather then why these concerts were made for the support of the sufferers of the African horn. I understand that some people get blinded by the idea behind music and what artists are trying to persuade the audience to believe, but I feel that the public media should of published these sorts of events in a more positive light to show that billions of people around the world are showing interest and supporting something awful. It is amazing in times of need how people can come together through media and support different countries in need, but one thing that really bothers me is that some media will always find a way to create an issue about it.

This has been seen in many cases for different social events, appearances or songs that are trying to create awareness and are automatically dismissed negatively in the media, why? Because they can.