Georgia State University

Feb

13

Georgia State University students interview KIM

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Bachelor journalism students interviewed Kim Dankoor about her views on Hip Hop culture (i.e. representations in commercial rap, underground rap around the world, the ‘2019 Grammy wins’ the Gucci boycott, and the future of this culture), the current state of journalism, stereotypes in popular media, and global politics. They also asked her questions about her career, her purpose in life and how she strives to make a difference in the media world. They were also curious about the cultural differences between the Netherlands, Suriname, and the United States. Kim’s interview will be published in print.

Thank you for allowing our class to interview you! I really appreciate your response to my question about why focus on contemporary Hip Hop as the medium for social change. (Vanessa, student and social media manager).

 

 

Jan

29

Am I feeling myself? Rap music videos’ influence on adolescents’ concepts of self.

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A few media studies have investigated cognitive processes of involvement with characters in rap music videos. The retentional process of parasocial interaction (when you feel you have a social relationship with the music artists similar to that of a friend, peer of counselor) is a necessary component of fandom (Kistler & Lee, 2009). Among the male participants in Kistler and Lee’s (2009) research, Hip Hop fandom was shown to be a significant predicator of objectification of women. Long-term exposure to rap music videos by fans may reinforce traditional gender attitudes and cause distorted sexual norms. The academic work of Ward et al. (2005) illustrates how the retentional process of wishful identification (Hoffner & Buchanan, 2005; Kistler & Lee, 2009; Kistler et al., 2010) influence adolescents’ mate selection beliefs. Black adolescents who found rap music videos entertaining and identified with rap artists in a ‘desire to be like the artist’ kind of way, endorsed the sexual stereotypes in rap music videos. In addition, they thought that characteristics like being rich, attractive, cool and athletic are more important in men and women than being intelligent, nice or funny.

The images in current commercial rap music videos promote sex and materialism. This study will explore how and to what extent social comparison processes and cognitive processes influence the effects of commercial rap music videos on Black adolescents’ concepts of self. This study will address the following research questions:

  1. How and to what extent does consumption of commercial rap music videos, mediated through the cognitive process of involvement, influence the concepts of self of Black late male adolescents?
  2. How and to what extent does consumption of commercial rap music videos, mediated through the cognitive process of involvement, influence the concepts of self of Black late female adolescents?

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Oct

10

Interview Kim Dankoor: A New Social Entrepreneur

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Krista Kleinwort, Cultural Representative and Master student at Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada), interviewed Kim Dankoor for her academic Assignment ‘Social Entrepreneurs’.  Read the interview if you want to know what drives Kim and why she chose Social Entrepreneurship.
Thank you, Krista! I will keep it moving ;). 

Social Entrepreneur

Understanding the impact of media on consumers and awareness amongst media producers of the effects of their products impact has become Kim Dankoor’s focus. During her Master’s year of study at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands she increasingly recognized the chronic stigmatization and discrimination in media and was drawn to combine her work as a journalist with her growing understanding of the impact of media messages on consumers. She began with teaching media literacy to students after graduation. Recognizing the need for increased awareness about the messages in current media, she then created KIM (Kritische Inzichten op het gebied van Media or K(C)ritical Insights regarding Media). KIM’s main key activity is the use of “a two-way strategy: use media to make people aware of the possible influence of media (write articles, make short films, use diverse imagery as an editor/journalist and inspire my media colleagues) and create awareness among the audience about the possible influence of media” (Dankoor, 2015, personal correspondence).  As the author of documentaries, interviews and her own website, Kim moved recently to Atlanta, Georgia to pursue studies at Georgia State University. She is researching the impact of hip hop music videos on men as well as women’s self-concepts with particular emphasis on quantifying how hip hop music impacts consumers self-concept of physical attractiveness and romantic appeal (Dankoor, 2015, personal correspondence).

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The business of KIM, or the activities undertaken by Kim Dankoor to address the problem of stigmatization and discrimination in the media can be clearly articulated via the Social Business Model Canvas. KIM has two main users or customers: media producers and media consumers.

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Feb

17

VIDEO! Global dialogues about Hip Hop culture: Amsterdam x Atlanta

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In this video KIM explores people’s views of Hip Hop Culture from a global lens. KIM asked people in Amsterdam to formulate one question for people in Atlanta; the Atlanta participants answered and they each formulated one question for the people in Amsterdam, subsequently, the Amsterdam participants answered their questions. Different aspects of Hip Hop culture are being discussed in the video; the good, the bad and the ugly sides.

Please press the ‘fullscreen button’ for a fullscreen view.

This innovative media-project is part of KIM’s empirical research. KIM is in Atlanta to investigate how the images in Commercial Hip Hop Music Videos influence late adolescents’ concepts of self (physical attractiveness, romantic appeal and behavior). Although the participants in the video didn’t solely ask questions about the images in Hip Hop Culture, a lot of the answers will spark the debate on Hip Hop culture as a powerful global force……..discussion topics for days;)……KIM will use parts of this clip for her talks at Georgia State University ( African-American studies department) and other venues.