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B. Scope of Study
In order to get the answers of the research questions, it is important to put boundaries so the research will not go far from the main purpose. This research
will focus on Conor Oberst’s songs only lyrics and music that present protest theme. Thus, other elements except lyrics and music will not be considered; for
instances music video, appearances, and official website or blog. Moreover, the songs that will be analyzed are the songs that contain protest theme only. Besides,
the impact of the artist toward society will not be considered as well in this research
C. Research Questions
From the research background above, there will be question concerning toward the issue. The following question is:
How does Conor Oberst express the social protest theme through his songs?
D. Objectives of Study
The objective of this study is to point out how Conor Oberst as the iconic artist of today folk music expresses the social protest theme through his songs.
E. Research Significances
By researching Conor Oberst’s songs, it can be known the thoughts of Conor Oberts in relation with protest music in today generation. Moreover, it can be
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found also the major events happened in 2000s. Besides, there are other substances of conducting this research. The substances will be:
1. Giving knowledge and the evidences concerned toward the research
question. 2.
Giving further information of Conor Oberst’s Bright Eyes as American folk music of today generation in relation with the protest music.
3. Giving information about the current issues from the non-commercial
music perspective.
F. Research Methodology
1. Type of Research This thesis is a descriptive qualitative research which is conducted through
the employment of library exploration. According to Moleong 2000: On descriptive method, the data collected are data in the form of
words or images, instead of numbers, so that the report of the research will contain of citations to give description of the report. p.
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Thus in this research, books, articles, references, and other written texts are highly needed for the source of data. In addition articles, references, and written
text will not only be found from printed media, but also electronic media or internet.
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2. Data and Source of Data The Source of Main Data
The important thing before starting research is collecting the data which is divided into main and supporting data. Without data research cannot be committed
and finished well. Because this research is qualitative research, so the data will be qualitative data. Qualitative data could be more than just words or text.
Photographs, videos, sound recordings and so on, can be considered qualitative data. Trochmin, 2006, para. 1
The source of data includes the songs entitled Let’s Not Shit Ourselves to Love or to Be Loved, from the album Lifted or The Story is In The Soil So Keep
Your Ears to the Ground, No One Would Riot for Less from the album Cassadaga, and When The President Talks to God from the album Motion Sickness.
Meanwhile, the data are word choices of the lyric and musical elements, such as tempo fastslow, dynamic loudsoft, harmony third dimensions of the song:
cheerfulsad, musical instruments.
The Source of Supporting Data It will take some necessary articles, journals, references, and information
for the source of supporting data. These articles, journals, references, and information will be taken from internet and books which relate to the discussion of
the thesis. Articles, journals, references, and information become the proofs for supporting the arguments.
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3. Method of Analyzing Data
The first step of collecting data is comprehensive reading that requires
reading and listening to source of data frequently. The analysis will focus on the lyrics and the music of the songs, considering that lyric and music cannot be
separated in a song. The second, after the main data is analyzed, then the data
shall be correlated to the object of this research. The object here is to know the protest theme that is presented by Conor Oberst through his songs. The last step is
drawing conclusion. The thorough analysis will lead to the conclusion of this research.
G. Theoretical approach
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