Culture, Rap Music, "Bitch," and the Development of the Censorship Frame

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ID4953574
AuthorsChristopher J Schneider (0000-0001-9737-2254, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, BC, Canada, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume55
Issue1
Pages36-56
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764210381728
OpenAlexW2118633702
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited38

Drawing theoretically both from cultural studies and cultural criminology, this exploratory project suggests that negative public perceptions associated with rap music are in large part informed through both formal and informal censorship agendas and campaigns, what the author terms the censorship frame. The censorship frame consists of mass media reports that proclaim the cultural association between music and collectively shared and culturally agreed-upon perceptions of deviance. The focus of this project concerns rap music and the term bitch, a relatively recent common feature of everyday language use. This article (a) investigates the increased use and acceptance of "bitch" in popular culture; (b) examines this process in relation to the demonization of rap music; and (c) demonstrates the role of both mass media and claims-makers in shaping public opinion of rap music as deviant, even while other similar messages continue to remain virtually unchallenged throughout the popular cultural milieu. Implications for future research are discussed

Art · Censorship · Demonization · Deviance (statistics) · Framing (construction) · Mass media · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Popular culture · Popular music · Public opinion · Sociology · Visual arts · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · History · Law · Music History and Culture · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Psychology

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