Journal Entry 8

COMP 2000 – Journal Entry 8

Answer the following questions about the cultural studies article, “4 Real: Authenticity, Performance, and Rock Music,” by David Pattie.

What is the writer trying to find out more about through their research (what research question guides his work)?

The writer is trying to find out more about the culture of these rock bands, the authencity and in general the people themselves


What sort of texts or sources does the author quote from to build his argument?

He uses what other people have actually said to support his argument,.


In what ways do you see others around you attempting to establish their “authenticity”?

I see others trying to establish there authenticity by the types of clothes they wear, they way they carry themselves and how they act.