A very good evening I would like to
wish my fellow readers. First of all, let me take time off to wish my
classmates and everyone who will be having their mid term examinations next
week all the best. By this time round, all of us have pretty much adjusted
ourselves to the transition stage as you like that we have made from high-school
to pre-university life to pursue our career in mass communication. Some of us
have just came fresh from high school whereas some of us came from different colleges or universities like
myself. I was recently studying in Taylors college Subang Jaya studying South
Australian Matriculation or SAM. The reason why I quit half way down my term is
because I honestly couldn’t cope with it. I was taking subjects like law and
stuff like that which wasn’t my cup of tea. Getting back on track, I’m sure
many of you guys know who the king of pop is. Unfortunately, he passed away 3
years ago to a possible drug overdose.
Well today’s post is not entirely
about the king of pop, Michael Jackson but what he has done which made the
world have a “craze” if you like when he was still alive. Not only did people
loved most of his songs, but he invented the Moon Walk which made people go “GAGA”
or crazy about it.
This “ craze” or people going “GAGA”
when he danced moonwalk on stage which everyone wanted to imitate and be like
him can be described in simple psychological terms whereby this theory simple
means the Social Cognitive Theory. Let me give you guys a brief definition
about this theory. Social Cognitive Theory states that “we learn behaviours through
observation, modelling and motivation such as positive reinforcement”. When the
whole world saw him danced the moonwalk on stage, it became an instant hit and
it immediately went viral as no one has ever seen that dance or could have ever
imagine doing that dance ever!. The moves to moonwalk may look simple but oh
boy it is definitely one hard dance to master. Ask any dancer and they would
probably tell you the same thing that maybe, just maybe it takes years and
years to perfect it like the king of pop does. Yet, somehow due to the craze by
the public on his unique dance, they would somehow find ways to create a video
or some sort imitating his dance moves.
Let me give you guys another example
in relation to this theory. Not too long ago, the Oppa Gangnam Style took the
music world by storm. The dance moves created by this artist from Korea named PSY,
was just unusual. His horse styled dance moves with only a few moves to the
dance has changed the dance revolution. People no longer crave the hip hop
dance like they used to anymore but instead this horse styled dance if you
like. This video, Oppa Gangnam style upon released immediately got thousands
leading to millions of viewers on Youtube alone which later went viral all over
the world. Even our Prime Minister was tweeting about it.
The video Oppa Gangnam style has inspired people with it’s unique dance moves that it motivated people to create different versions of it. I am pretty sure if I would have to Youtube the video, you would not only find the original version of this video but also other similar videos done by the public. For example, the Oppa Gangnam Style has inspired some of our Malaysians, that we have actually made a different version or a parody of it calling it Oppa KL Style.
Well, that is all for this post. I
hope you have a good time reading my all my post till the lastest one right
here as I certainly do enjoy keeping you guys updated! So stay tune for more
posts coming up real soon! J
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