The Real Music Behind Beats
In the book, The Engaged Sociologist, Korgan & White (2015) argues that by establishing the sociological eye, “we are able to look beneath the surface of society and see how it really works” (1). The book goes further and suggests someone who has developed a sociological eye understand that a person’s self-belief, career goals, education level, and values are formed by the culture and society that person has grown up in. In this entry, I will explain how my wireless Beats earphones abruptly became strange.
One of my “favorite” material possession is my wireless Beats earphone. I enjoy going to the gym; therefore, I specifically bought my Beats earphones for this purpose. I thought to myself my ordinary Apple wired earphones that I got with my iPhone would be an inconvenience to my workout. Every
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The earphones were on sale but to make sure I got them before they ran out I had to stand in a line for two hours at Best Buy. By the time I finally got in the store they ran out of the Beats earphones. I asked the first sales representative I seen if the store has any Beats earphones stored in the back. The sales representative said he was holding two for himself in the back. Right after he offered to give me one of them so I can go to the cash register and buy it. This interaction with Best Buy made me realize how fast items like Beats earphones sell out and how materialistic our generation has become.
A simple Google search of Beats Electronics showed me that Beats Electronics is a California based company (searched on August 31, 2017). This means because Beats Electronics is made in California it implies with California’s rules and regulations. Therefore, workers are treated fairly and have rights.
As I heard Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ music video “Wings”, I was reminded that materialistic things can only give us temporary happiness