My question for my writing is “How do certain musical artists become successful overnight?” Another smaller question I have for this is “What marketing techniques do the artists use?” Also, the artist isn’t the only person that is responsible for their success. Their label brings up my question, “What does the label (if they’re signed) do to elevate an artist’s sales?” Another question I have is, “Does a small fanbase or decently big fan base play a role in how an artist blows up to be known globally?” Lastly, “Does quality matter when becoming a successful artist?” in terms of a good mix in a song. Artists such as XXXTENTACION became popular with terrible quality in their songs, so does this matter?
Gallo speaks on the topic of surveillance cameras and how they have negative and positive effects on society. He brings up both sides saying that surveillance cameras are a violation to people’s privacy yet they provide comfort to vulnerable people. Gallo also observes how cameras enforce societal norms to be established in communities since the pressure of being watched makes people behave. She brings up how in the 1990s, African Americans were seen as a threat to people and surveillance emphasized this as it, “normalized concerns around the “danger” of African-Americans.” However she adds the benefit of having cameras around vulnerable children such as youth swimming. Policies have been placed to protect these kids from potential pedophelia or abuse by coaches providing a safer environment. However she counters this by saying the need for cameras violates coaches’ privacy. Overall, Gallo shows how this controversial topic can go both ways.
I have noticed that Gallo uses sources that aren’t biased to address both sides of the argument. For example one source that Gallo used was an article titled “Surveillance and conformity in competitive youth swimming” by Melanie Lang where she was able to provide not only background information towards the correlation in sports and cameras, but a specific example by addressing youth swimming and the policies surrounding it. Another source she uses is an article called “Performing honor online: The affordances of social media for surveillance and impression management in an honor culture” where she explores the topic of how people, specifically young adults, behave under surveillance and how this causes rebellion in places where they don’t seem to be observed such as social media. Behaving and following strict rules are considered a norm in society due to the consequences of getting caught by surveillance cameras. Gallo was able to use this to explore the results of surveillance and how it can have a negative/positive effect on people’s careers.