Could Snapchat and my Favourite Song really be the smae thing? -Jordyn Hutchinson

Could Snapcaht and my Favourite song really be the same thing? 

Song lines have been used for many different reasons, and can even be considered a form of communication.  Aboriginal Australians have used song lines for centuries to make the land ‘visible’, and to create maps.  In a reading by Chatwin, 1987, he has a conversation with a local Aboriginal man.  “A song…was both map and direction-finder.  Providing you knew the song.”  (p.13).  Maps are a form of communication, as they communicate the way to get to location.  The Aboriginal people of Australia use song lines to tell their past.  If someone from a tribe travels to another tribe from the same area, they will be accepted by a different tribe, if they know the song.  This is further explained by Chatwin in a reading about the Aboriginal culture, and their beliefs in song lines, and the land. 

Australia's Song Lines. 
Retrieved from:

http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/australias-10-greatest-composers 

Singing a song is like telling a story.  This can be either fiction or reality, either way, most of the time if you are telling a story it is from your point of view.  To tell a story can also be like explaining or telling history to someone else.  Hayden White, came up with a theory in 1973, called “Metahistory,” and this theory basically explains that history-telling is using language and rhetoric.  (Kuttainen, V. 2017).  This is another form of communication
Social media is a form of communication.  It doesn’t matter which platform an individual is a part of, they will always find their friends.  If they do not see their best friends on a daily basis, this may be the only way to keep in contact with them.  With Snapchat images and videos can be sent back and forth, so it is like seeing each other regularly, if you use the app on a regular basis. 

Everyone has their favourite song lines from their favourite songs, what might surprise most people is how similar these can be in relation to social media.  Song lyrics are likely to get stuck in our head, if it is catchy song, and we are addicted to social media.  We could spend days trying to get a song out of our head, and we spend hours a day on social media.  Both are extremely addictive.  Snapchat is no exception to the social media addiction, sweeping the world.  Snapchat is a way for people to keep in contact with one another, so some people will use it either daily, or more than once a day to keep in communication with someone.  Social media also has a form of networks which can be complicated like a song, that is for someone who does not know how to read music. 

However, Snapchat and song lines are also different.  Song lyrics are often replaced when either a new song comes out, or you find a new song you like, but social media is something that is rarely replaced.  Most people in modern society who are a part of social media need to use it daily.  Another difference between songs and Snapchat networks is that a songs lines are right there in front of you, however a social media platforms network is most of the time invisible. 

Reference List:
Chatwin, B. (1987).  The songlines (p.11-15).  London, U.K: The spartan press ltd.  -Weekly Reading and the Hyperlink. 

Kuttainen, V. (2017).  Ba1002: Our space: Networks, narratives, and the making of place, week 5: Stories of place: Story lines.  (Slide 21).  Retrieved from: https://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au/webapps/blackboard/execute/content/file?cmd=view&content_id=_2855360_1&course_id=_84764_1&framesetWrapped=true  -Lecture. 

Limelight Magazine.  (2015).  Australia’s 10 greatest composers.  Retrieved from: http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/australias-10-greatest-composers  -Image.