I composed a piano cover of Miley Cyrus’ "Wrecking Ball" and played it in the background, spliced/layered in interviews with her, and slammed a poem on top of all of that.

Here are the sourced I use: 

alliandanja. “Miley Cyrus’ First Interview!” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 26
Aug. 2008. Web. 1 Feb. 2014.
Baumann, Michael. “Celebrity Worship Syndrome.” Slam poem.
---. “Wrecking Ball in D Minor.” Piano cover.
“Celebrity Worship Syndrome.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia
Foundation. 1 Feb. 2014. Web. 1 Feb. 2014.
Hot 97. “Miley Cyrus, ‘I’m more than a twerker..’ & ‘My mom’s weave is..’” Online 
video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 27 Jun. 2013. Web. 1 Feb. 2014.
Jimmy Kimmel Live. “Miley Cyrus on Jimmy Kimmel Live PART 1.” Online video clip.
YouTube. YouTube, 26 Jun. 2013. Web. 1 Feb. 2014.
MileyCyrusVEVO. “Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball.” Online video clip. YouTube.
YouTube, 9 Sept. 2013. Web. 1 Feb. 2014.


Celebrity Worship Syndrome

I've synthesized the voices of students, teachers, and graduate assistants at Ohio University who discuss the what it is, the how it works, and the potential implications of multimodal composition pedagogy.

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