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OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - Language and Representations

  Taylor Swift: Language and Representations blog tasks Narrative Go to our Media Magazine archive (issue MM79) and read the feature All Too Well on Taylor Swift and how she controls her own narrative. Answer the following questions:  1) Why is Taylor Swift re-recording her earlier albums?  Swift quickly announced her intentions to re-record her Big Machine albums, which would give her complete ownership of the records and nullify Braun’s involvement. 2) Why did Taylor Swift choose to make the short film 'All Too Well'?  ‘All Too Well,’ a song that aches from heartbreak and longing. In choosing to make the song into a short film, rather than just a music video, Swift has consciously chosen to push her professional creative boundaries for the sake of her art and her storytelling – and that’s something we can only admire her for. 3) What other examples are provided in the article of Taylor Swift using media to construct her own image?  She’s become an author, and her debut novel