The slow death of Everett True: A metacriticism
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Jeremy Thackray Thesis (PDF 1MB) |
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In print environments, popular music critics are customarily seen as gatekeepers of ‘cool’ and arbiters of taste. This research project asks whether the same holds true in Web 2.0 environments in which audiences have access to the same sources of information through which critics derive their knowledge, authority, and influence. The investigation is carried out through an act of metacriticism grounded in the researcher’s experience as an internationally successful popular music critic for major print publications including NME, Rolling Stone, and Melody Maker. The thesis concludes that there are four major roles of relevance to the critic in the new media environments: bespoke criticism, music critic as fan, music criticism as entertainment, and the music critic as ‘firestarter’.
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| ID Code: | 95504 |
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| Item Type: | QUT Thesis (PhD) |
| Supervisor: | Graham, Philip, Carfoot, Gavin, & Thomas, Glen |
| Keywords: | music criticism, music journalism, rock criticism, authenticity, Everett True, popular music, music press, fandom, music blogs, rock music |
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Creative Industries Faculty Past > Schools > School of Media, Entertainment & Creative Arts |
| Institution: | Queensland University of Technology |
| Deposited On: | 27 May 2016 01:06 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2017 14:51 |
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