Download or read book Music and Social Activism: A Literature Review written by Karen Lopez and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Sociology - Media, Art, Music, grade: 1.75, College of Arts and Social Sciences-MSU (MSU), course: Arts and Humanities, language: English, abstract: Music artists exist all over the world to entertain people. But the finest purpose of music is to promote appropriate social conditions, positive changes in the society, economic development, world peace, and human development. In that case, music and social activism are intimately linked with each other due to its complementary nature. In short, social activism is made easy through the use of music as a medium of expression.