Remix Culture: Friend or Foe?

By Claire Zaegel

What does it mean to remix?A remix is when one takes an original media work such as a song or video and edits, removes, or creates other effects within that media to personalize or modernize it.

What does the remix culture consist of?1. Music2. Youtube Videos3. Movies/TV shows4. Books5. Other works of art

Music Mashups:Top 25 of 2009 Remix Cover SongsDance/techno version

YouTubeBIGGEST WAYS TO REMIX TODAYParodiesCreate Music VideosPerformance (Five Minutes of Fame)YouTube Photoshop

Other Remixed MediaBooks- “The Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”

Television

Movies

Andy Warhol

Larry LessigPromotes the remix world. People participate in the recreation of

culture.Trespassing into someones property.They remix the media for fun.User Generated Content spreads through

websites like Myspace and Facebook.Larry Lessig Speech

Friend or Foe?“Tresspassing”It’s a part of our generation.

Form of creating and sharing entertainment

Conclusion Good or bad?Do you earn the fame?Creation or recreation?Most media is bound to have a remix.It is up to us to decide if it is right or wrong.

Sources Larry Lessig: How Creativity is being Strangled by the Law.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q25-S7jzgs Pride and Prejudice and Zombieshttp://www.chroniclebooks.com/index/main,book-info/store,books/products_id,7847/title,Pride-and-Prejudice-and-Zombies/ “Remix Culture”www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3jovQ4ekqE “Remix Culture is fundamentally at odds with older media

institutions and practiceshttp://writersblock7.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/remix-culture-is-fundamentally-at-odds-with-older-media-institutions-and-practices/ “Remix”-Answers.comwww.answers.com/topic/Remix “Top 25 Pop 2009 Remix”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BKDFsVGN9g