What is 'genre'?
-Its like a category/style
-A type of text
Why do we feel we should place texts into genres?
-Because we like having our expectations fulfilled
-We like to know where we are with something
-Something to do with identity - what you personally like
Who decides what genre a text belongs to?
-The creative person themselves - their doing that to target a particular audience
For Example: 50 Cent
-He got famous from making mix tapes
-Sent to a record company
-Thy liked it but changed his genre from hip hop to gangster rap because they said its popular with the audience
CREATIVES/PRODUCERS -->INSTITUTIONS --> AUDIENCE
What are the problems with putting texts in genres?
-If you only like grime music you may not buy the Dizzee Rascal album because he used a rock beat - Not advertised as a grime/rock cross over - blame of institution
Learning about genre we was able to broaden our knowledge and understanding. This was so we could understand more about the music industry and so know why we need to fulfil genre conventions and how it effects audiences.
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