Video Music Awards and the consolidation of the music video as a genre
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https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2014.162.03Abstract
The paper will analyze the Video Music Awards, the most important award dedicated to the music video, in order to comprehend its role in the consolidation of the music video as a genre. The concept of genre will be seen as a sociocultural phenomena characterized by the structure of the cultural products as well as the social contexts in which these structures arise. The main proposal is to understand how VMA was essential to the process of the music video consolidation and how it helped to turn a television channel - MTV - into a music video synonym for many years. Aside from analyzing all VMA editions until 2012, the paper will discuss the concept of genre and the role of the contemporary awards in the legitimation of the cultural products.
Keywords: music video, MTV, VMA.
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