Taylor Swift: Language and Representations

Media Magazine reading

Q1: Taylor Swift is re-recording her old albums following a dispute over her masters with Scooter Braun, Scott Borchetta and her former record label.

Q2: To represent her power in music industry and how she's just not an influencer but a professional director as well.

Q3: Instagram and Twitter is the fore front of her showcase of her private life and has developed a relationship with her fans.

Q4: Its in Serif text font. She also has showcases of her music videos directed by herself. The pictures are in black and white. She has many links to her shop or music.

Q5: She has her social networks in the top right corner of the page. Her clothing is very exposed giving the idea of David Gaunlett that "women are spectacles" and women are looked at by men.

Q6: Its mostly promotion of her Eras tour rather than anything about her private life. She mostly uses TikTok for that nurturing of parasocial relationships.

Q7: On Instagram its mostly promoting her Eras tour and with Tiktok its interacting with her audience. Twitter is a mixture of both. She understands how to build certain relationships and promoting either her music or showcasing her private life. She even endorses or calls out political figures like Trump and endorsing Kamala Harris using social media. It demonstrates her power and influence on certain topics.

 

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