Comments on: mashing message http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/mashing-message/ courses, research, and a blog about teaching, writing, learning, photography, and all things related Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:53:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/mashing-message/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Jim Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:20:07 +0000 http://williamwolff.org/composingspaces/mashing-message/#comment-162 Do you ever listen to Radiolab on NPR? They had an episode on "musical language" that makes me look at this will.i.am internet meme in a whole new way. The basic idea is that language (and in particular, certain languages that rely on tone to communicate meaning) actually have musical qualities that we aren't always completely conscious of. However, I have to think that Obama's musical language is a huge part of his appeal. Check out radiolab if you don't already (my favorite podcast): http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21 Do you ever listen to Radiolab on NPR? They had an episode on “musical language” that makes me look at this will.i.am internet meme in a whole new way. The basic idea is that language (and in particular, certain languages that rely on tone to communicate meaning) actually have musical qualities that we aren’t always completely conscious of. However, I have to think that Obama’s musical language is a huge part of his appeal. Check out radiolab if you don’t already (my favorite podcast):

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21

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