Question: Final Paper Project

For this final writing assignment, write a 4 - 5 page (1250 minimum word) paper (not including your bibliography/works cited page), discussing the impact that you think Michael Jackson has made on popular culture, and on the entertainment industry. Take this beyond just the numbers or dollars of having sold the most albums, most number one singles, etc., and discuss the effects his work and career have had on different aspects of popular culture. These kinds of effects could include (but are not limited to):

• the technical approach to recording music

• contemporary songwriting

• influence on dance music

• performing and the expectations a contemporary audience has for a concert

• dance

• music videos

• blending of musical styles, particularly pop, rhythm & blues and rock

• music written to inspire or cause action

• African Americans music in popular entertainment

• fashion

• celebrity