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An example of new media's influence on an average person.

It's kind of annoying how influenced good sites/apps can be by corporations. Instagram is basically turning into Facebook.

Apple is going to challenge Pandora and create their own streaming-radio. I don't know if I like where Apple is headed, because they already have to great an influence in the music industry. Plus, this might kill Pandora, for they have pretty shaky licensing pacts with labels as it is.

The Indie rock group, Wild Flag has had a huge year both before and after the release of their self titled debut album. This interview with the band gives some insight into singer/guitarist Carrie Brownstein's songwriting process. She, unexpectedly, acknowledges Rihanna as an influence on the songs off the album. She tells Rolling Stone, "The melody for Romance, I came up with after a day of listening to Rihanna and Beyonce and then filtering it through my messed up post-punk filter."

The band Beirut utilizes sounds and conventions of music from Eastern Europe, Asia and other areas of the globe. This article discusses the band's popularity in Brazil, a popularity that would have been impossible without the invention of recorded sound.

Here is in an depth description of the book Lolita. If you scroll to the bottom of the page to Heinz von Lichberg's "Lolita" you can see why many people believe Nabokov was "influenced" by Heinz von Lichberg.