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1. Taylor Swift having such a huge platform and fame, contributed to the public awareness by removing her music from the Spotify platform. Taylor also spoke out about the problems with streaming apps and how it affects the artist. 2.The next step for the music industry would be to pay artists more for streaming their music. 3. The media shapes how people view institutions by putting certain institutes on blast even if they aren't necessarily a good institute. The second an institute is slightly exposed they are either immediately "canceled" or the people exposing them are silenced.

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Taylor is recording her own songs to own the masters, educates on the importance of being a songwriter and having control over the editorial rights of works. Compositions are the most important asset that an artist can have in his career.
the success of these versions will reduce the number of views that the original versions got on streaming services. And any company that wants to license Taylor Swift's albums can now work directly with her.

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3. The media is a very powerful tool that uses tactics to convince the viewer or reader about something. Things such as sponsorships, news headlines, or a video posted can drive viewers to an opinion. I think that some media uses possible fear-mongering to get the viewer to think about something differently. We see throughout the year's news about some institution getting into a scandal or controversy and the news uses information and statistics. Sometimes it could use bias to convince the viewer about whether the institution is good or bad in their eyes. Videos on social media can show people having negative experiences with a particular company or school.

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3. How do you think media (any type) shapes how people view institutions?
The media is often really biased and so presents many opinions on different issues and institutions. Everything from different sources of world news, to social media, to music, to movies, TV shows, and documentaries, shape how people view institutions. The news that one consumes, their algorithm on social media (i.e. the voices and opinions and accounts they are exposed to), the music they listen to, and the entertainment they watch all affect how people view different institutions. If someone's news source is praising the United States, then they will view our governmental institution in a more positive light than someone whose news source speaks about negatives and inequalities within that institution. One's social media algorithm will also promote certain ideas and certain institutions, which will then influence people's opinions. Many mediums in the media speak to a plethora of different institutions and all have different opinions on these institutions, from the music industry to the entertainment industry to the education system to healthcare to our government.

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Any type of media plays a major role in how people view institutions because some media allows access to more songs or videos whereas others are more restricting. For Spotify, billions of people have access to an unlimited amount of music. That makes Spotify grow popular and the amount of people who have this app increases significantly. However, looking at an app like Netflix or Hulu, there are options to make a kids account which restricts what people are allowed to watch. That in turn causes people to either lie about their age or just not use the app in general. This can be seen as good or bad because the restriction of shows allows parents to control what their children watch.

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Taylor Swift's contribution to the public's awareness in how the music industry works is shown by her removing her music from streaming platforms to illustrate the importance of her music and its value. Now, others will be more aware of what is happening and strive for change.

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Taylor Swift's platform is changing the public's view on how the music industry works. By her most recent rerecording of her old albums she shares how she wants full ownership over her music. This shows people that artist don't have full control over their music and would like to.

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1: Taylor swift contributed to the public awareness of how the music industry runs by taking a stand with her music. She made a bold move by temporarily removing all her songs from free streaming services, like Spotify because she believes music is "art" and "rare" and should be paid for. This brought a lot of attention to how this needs to change. People like Beyonce, Jay-z, Alicia Keys, and more were taking action as well.

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Taylor Swift has contributed to the public's awareness as to how the music industry works because she stated music is art and valuable and valuable things should be payed for. She took her music off of Spotify because she wasn't receiving money even though she should have been. Later, she returned to Spotify after she rerecorded her albums because she wanted control over her music.

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With the internet, many people listen to music but they can also learn how the industry works. Learning that artists aren’t making money off of streaming services is driving people to buy hard copies (records, cassettes, etc.) people are moving back into that and they’re collectibles and they’re cool. Like with a lot of media and novelties now, people are liking vintage or “outdated” materials or versions. I think many artists will start producing more hard copies of music or fighting against platforms for more profit and fairness.

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I think that music industry is continuously developing although its dominated by the big companies. I think that listeners will continue to have access to all the music in the world but the individual artist will find a way to profit more from this. Things such as artist building there own brand in order to profit in stead of the stand alone releases of there music.

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1. Taylor Swift has contributed to the public's awareness on how the music industry works by letting the public know that they make very little off of streaming services. She has done this by pulling her music off of Spotify and making her own streaming service with other artists.

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The media plays the largest role in shaping any institutions. Social media has been used as a weapon in this country politically, and it the art world. Social media platforms have pushed artists to make a certain kind of song that will catch on and become a trend.
Now, there are hundreds of artists who don't care about making a hit song. While the landscape of pop music gets continually more cookie cutter as the years go on, there is a bunch of incredible music released every month. But that's not what the general public pay attention to as much.

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Media chances how people view institutions through omission, filters, and exaggerations that distort the truth. The bias present in media is what causes people to think the way they due as distorted truth prompts responses from the people. People can be angered at their institution through a few well placed words in the media. People can also be satisfied. Emotions are controlled through the persisent bias in the media.

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Taylor Swift changed peoples awareness on the music industry by removing herself from spotify because she believes that art is art and it is rare and should be owned. She would share her opinions on why the music industry is taking a lot more away from the artist.

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Taylor swift contributed to public awareness of how the music industry works by sharing her experience with different labels and platforms to stream music. She shares how some of it is rigged and how there needs to be some major work to be done to get artists fairly paid

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2. What do you think is the next step for the Music Industry?

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2. What do you think is the next step for the Music Industry?

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I think that the next step for the music industry is going to be a new streaming service that pays artists more. If you have a product at two stores where one store pays you 30 percent of the profit, and one pays you 50 percent, you are going to stock the second store more often. The main complaint of artists is they arent getting paid enough, so that will most likely change sooner rather then later.

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Taylor Swift has spoken up about her various experiences and struggles with the music industry. This has been prominent with her recent re-recordings of her albums. She is re-recording her albums because when she was younger and less experienced, her managers and producers took advantage of her inexperience and owned the rights to all of her music.

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Taylor Swift decided to re-record her albums so she could have full ownership over her music. There was copyright over her original albums so she made new ones. When she released these albums they were hits right away which resembled her empowerment. Taylor Swift is paving the way for artists and their empowerment on their music rebutaling copyright law.

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2. Knowing how an institution operates is critical to understanding how to change it. What do you think is the next step for the Music Industry? (Donovan Lowis)

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2. Knowing how an institution operates is critical to understanding how to change it. What do you think is the next step for the Music Industry? (Donovan Lowis)

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It's hard to say for sure where it goes next because it really depends on technology and the laws of countries. Because i can imagine the music industry in Russia is different from the USA's music industry because laws are more likely stricter in Russia. Given the fact that currently we have spotify where you can get any music in the world for free. Maybe we'll regress due to the fact Taylor swift removed her music from spotify. Big musicians could follow and that would result in a lot of music artists following in her footsteps making us go backwards and having to pay for music again.

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Taylor Swift started re-recording her albums in April of 2021. Her old record label had complete control over all of the music she recorded. She didn't receive as much money that she should've gotten from her music. So, she decided to re-record her albums not only to make money but to have control over her career. Taylor also removed her music from spotify because valuable music shouldn't have to be paid for. After years she returned her music to spotify to pay thanks to the app for providing her with so many fans.

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Media platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram etc.) rely on the use songs to engage viewers on published content. Consequently, people develop music tastes mirroring songs heard in media, not necessarily what people own. Algorithms enhance this even further by recommending similar (mostly popular) music and suppressing the exposure of new bands.

From a consumer standpoint, the value of music has declined significantly. Every single song can be found and owned with a search bar. Down to a price, every song is equally priced, even the ones that receive billions of plays.  Although the quality of Spotify music is similar to that of a FLAC file, there is still a bit of compression in streaming services. Music is not seen as a good but rather a service. Artists have little say in the future of their music due to this invisible hand of preference.