Messages from the heart?: An exploratory study on songs / Ching Lai Hock

As suggested by the title, the objective of this study is to determine whether songs project the values and attitudes of their fans. In order to achieve this objective, this study will first try to determine if all songs are popular because of their lyrics. If not, what type of songs, based on their...

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Main Author: Ching , Lai Hock
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Published: 1985
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description As suggested by the title, the objective of this study is to determine whether songs project the values and attitudes of their fans. In order to achieve this objective, this study will first try to determine if all songs are popular because of their lyrics. If not, what type of songs, based on their lyric, content are. After identifying the songs which are meaningful to their fans, this study tries to identify by the values and concepts described by those songs. From here, we can compare the picture as described by those songs with existing known concepts about a subject. Therefore, this study being exploratory is basically an attempt to gather evidence to substantiate present general opinion about the role of song and its components.
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spelling um-112422020-06-01T23:02:08Z Messages from the heart?: An exploratory study on songs / Ching Lai Hock Ching , Lai Hock H Social Sciences (General) MT Musical instruction and study As suggested by the title, the objective of this study is to determine whether songs project the values and attitudes of their fans. In order to achieve this objective, this study will first try to determine if all songs are popular because of their lyrics. If not, what type of songs, based on their lyric, content are. After identifying the songs which are meaningful to their fans, this study tries to identify by the values and concepts described by those songs. From here, we can compare the picture as described by those songs with existing known concepts about a subject. Therefore, this study being exploratory is basically an attempt to gather evidence to substantiate present general opinion about the role of song and its components. 1985 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/11242/1/ching_lai_hock.pdf Ching , Lai Hock (1985) Messages from the heart?: An exploratory study on songs / Ching Lai Hock. Undergraduates thesis, University of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/11242/
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
MT Musical instruction and study
Ching , Lai Hock
Messages from the heart?: An exploratory study on songs / Ching Lai Hock
title Messages from the heart?: An exploratory study on songs / Ching Lai Hock
title_full Messages from the heart?: An exploratory study on songs / Ching Lai Hock
title_fullStr Messages from the heart?: An exploratory study on songs / Ching Lai Hock
title_full_unstemmed Messages from the heart?: An exploratory study on songs / Ching Lai Hock
title_short Messages from the heart?: An exploratory study on songs / Ching Lai Hock
title_sort messages from the heart?: an exploratory study on songs / ching lai hock
topic H Social Sciences (General)
MT Musical instruction and study
url http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/11242/
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/11242/1/ching_lai_hock.pdf