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  Re: Cross-Cultural Appropriation of Pop Songs

  I appreciate your comment,

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  Brianni Nelson University of Texas at Dallas

  Wednesday, May 4, 2016 — 7:53 pm

  I appreciate your comment, Aaron, in particular, "I wondered what it means when that reference to the original is lost, and I appreciate that you’ve provided one answer to that in your post: appropriation. Whereas recontextualization seems to imply t ...
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  Re: Cross-Cultural Appropriation of Pop Songs

  Hey Leanne, (in true short

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  Brianni Nelson University of Texas at Dallas

  Thursday, May 5, 2016 — 2:32 pm

  Hey Leanne, (in true short media form)- YES! I didn't go into it here, but I am also exploring how the technology (and the rules within in) shape our understanding and interactions with these jokes. Vine gives you 6 seconds to get to the joke. At tha ...
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  Re: Cross-Cultural Appropriation of Pop Songs

  I would say that stripped

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  Brianni Nelson University of Texas at Dallas

  Friday, May 6, 2016 — 1:12 pm

  I would say that stripped down can represent both completely removing something altogether and just leaving very small traces of it. For either though, it falls on the audience member to decipher what is/is not there and then decide (immediately in most c ...
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  Re: Cross-Cultural Appropriation of Pop Songs

  In your example, crossing

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  Brianni Nelson University of Texas at Dallas

  Friday, May 6, 2016 — 1:15 pm

  In your example, crossing over isn't always a positive thing, I more so meant it (here) in a kind of collective remix/editing culture kind of way. I think that is a positive, when different genres are being introduced to one another and remade in new ...