Quotes about "Social Media & Online Culture"

I'd do a demo recording by myself, layering instruments on top of one another, and while that's fun, it doesn't have the same impact as getting some great players together in a great studio with a great engineer and producer, then waiting for the magic. ”

In addition to needed gun control reforms, America urgently needs a stronger protest movement dedicated to reducing the glorification of violence in our culture - in music, film, television, video games, and even the Internet. ”

In addition to a stronger focus on better training for law enforcement, America urgently needs programs to provide jobs and educational opportunities in economically depressed communities. ”

We cannot afford to regard as normal the presence of injustice, inhumanity, and violence, including their verbal and cyber manifestations. ”

It is incumbent on the media industry to discourage the glorification of media violence. It is also incumbent on consumers who love America to support this effort with selective patronage campaigns to encourage media that provides uplifting content and to boycott the worst offenders, if necessary. ”

Personally I discovered that you could go through the academy as a young scholar, come out, and almost immediately have an impact on the academic environment. ”

The first job I had with the Smithsonian was as a field researcher among African American communities in Southwest Louisiana and Arkansas for the festival. ”

When the culture is strong, you've got this consistency where black people can grow up in these places with this voice just resonating about our special-ness in the universe. And I always say you're in trouble if you get too far away from that core that grounds you. ”

Anyone, any type of story, it doesn't have to be a crime victim, you don't have to let yourself be food for the media. ”

I don't think you can in any way export culture with guns or tanks. ”