RAP, ROCK,
& CENSORSHIP
Guest Lecture, Introductory Sociology, University of South Carolina, September 2015
This guest lecture is based on my paper, "Rap, Rock, and Censorship: Popular Culture and the Technologies of Justice," a revised published version of which is now available online as "Popular Culture and Social Control: The Moral Panic on Music Labeling."
This lecture is available as a video presentation!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
There are many additional videos available on YouTube, including news reports and TV shows (such as Oprah, Nightline, Crossfire, School Beat, Bill Roller, Nightwatch, CNN, Video Music Box, Donahue, Tom Snyder, and more) about record labeling and the PMRC.
Much more in my paper, “Popular Culture and Social Control: The Moral Panic on Music Labeling.”
Also see my related writings on popular culture.
