Visual/Textual Interaction: Peer Review

My paper is going to be about the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, and how his music and charities conveyed an image to the public that was never really emphasized before. MJ changed many racial barriers with his music, he changed MTV drastically, and he gave more money to charaties than any other celebrity has. I picked Michael Jackson because his music changed the world, and his actions as a celebrity deviated from many celebrities of his time, and ours. I plan on going in a sort of chronological order, and taking specific incidents in his life and showing how that impacted the culture. I also plan on analyzing a photo and a couple quotes from him that convey his message of change and giving back to the community. Kole, my peer asked me what exactly I planned on analyzing, and I want to analyze his message and his values as a black, male artist who was crucially criticized by the public, and why giving back to the community was so important to him. The message that MJ gives me is probably different than what he portrays to others, but he did a lot of good things in his life and it has impacted todays culture.