
American Atomization
The Atomization of America and Its Popular Music Culture Todd Rongstad A significant cultural shift in the American community is underway that is reflected in dramatic form by a comparative consideration of popular music and its cultural processes over the last century. A fundamentally singular popular culture of the twentieth century is atomizing into infinite parts in the twenty-first. At the same time, we are in the midst of rapid change in popular music culture relative to consumer behavior […]
Categories: Article, Spring 2012 Issue • Tags: music, music industry, popular music, technology, Walter Benjamin