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This paper will focus on the aesthetics of music videos in the Eighties in a new perspective, that goes beyond the postmodern approach typical of its early studies. Music videos, Music Television, Television studies, Bruce Springsteen, Popular music, Music Industry AbstractĪlthough born in the seventies, music videos are considered one of the cultural and media symbols of the Eighties.
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Milano 2003) and Musica e media digitali (2008). Il videoclip nella televisione italiana (RAI-ERI, 1999) and several essays on music videos and different books on music and media, among which I linguaggi della musica pop (Bompiani. In the same University he teaches “Music media and markets”, and at IULM University he teaches Music videos. He is the director of the the post-degree Master in Music Communication. PhD, he teaches at the Catholic University of Milan, Italy.