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    in provocative ways to sell a certain product. Virtually all of these advertisements and media images portray women who are extremely thin‚ sexy‚ and seductive in order to sell the products to either male or female consumers. Interestingly‚ the male consumer products that are advertised include women either being promiscuous with other women‚ or with men‚ while female consumer products only sometimes include men‚ yet nevertheless portray women seductively‚ beautifully‚ and in a way that appeals to

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    Introduction There seems to be no small amount of literature on how Native Americans are represented in our popular culture. Over the past several decades‚ Native Americans have been mythologized in films‚ TV‚ video games and other forms of popular media. And‚ “For the most part‚ the white man’s visual expressions of Native peoples have been dominant” (Boehme‚ et al. 1998:75). It is these depictions that have created a false impression of American Indians. As anyone could guess‚ the conquest

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    ENG091 How popular culture shaped me? There are a variety of information sources providing updated news such as computer‚ television‚ newspaper‚ etc. Thus‚ people can receive these information everytime everywhere. It cannot be denied that most of the news that teenagers interested in is about “star news”. “Star news” is all information of famous stars which is not only about their albums‚ movies but also about their privacy. In my country- Viet Nam‚ “Hallyu Wave” is becoming the most popular culture

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    An artefact that plays a major part in my popular culture is the “Cochlear Implant”. A Cochlear implant is an electronic device that has been surgically implanted to help a person who is profoundly deaf‚ or severely hard of hearing to receive sound. These devices are made to replace the sensory hair cells in the cochlear of which have been damaged‚ the Cochlear Implant enables sufficient amount of hearing‚ allowing a better understanding of speech. However the quality of the sound is different from

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    “Marilyn Monroe” (1926 - 1962) Popular Culture Legend Before Hollywood loved her… Probably the most celebrated of all actresses‚ Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Baker on June 1‚ 1926‚ in Los Angeles General Hospital‚ to Gladys Baker. Gladys had been a film cutter at RKO studios‚ but psychological problems prevented her from keeping the job and she was eventually committed

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    Popular Culture in the form of media does not always do a fair job of reflecting accurate characteristics of men and women. Society has added to this by creating what is known as gender roles among men and women. They are like a type of social guidelines which men and women follow in order to be accepted by today’s society. Although this was designed with the best intentions it can have negative results. There are many examples of gender roles playing a part in our society. Television serves

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    As artwork has become more accepted in popular culture‚ we begin to see more and more creative artists portray their opinions of what is really going on in today’s society. By the rights granted to us based on the foundation of this country‚ there is the right to release opinions of how the world is viewed. A major part of this is what goes on in the atmosphere of which we live. The environment plays a vital role in the daily lives of citizens of the world and what happens to our environment in

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    successful due to their complexity and pricy expense of generating interest for publishers. Later‚ the company started to realize that they needed to find out what customers really want and value the market. They swiftly assimilated into the pop culture that most people in our society would accept‚ their new game soundtracks appealed to a border musical audience and even musicians. Their success started with the game Karaoki Revolution‚ its marketability and mainstream music made it much more successful

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    Dorothy’s A Long Way from Home! The movie the “Wizard of Oz” was made in the year of 1939. Ever since it premiered‚ many people instantly fell in love with it and continue to watch it to this day. The “Wizard of Oz” is considered a classic and a must see among all types of audiences. The plot of the film is a girl named Dorothy who lives in Kansas with her family and a dog that she recently found named Toto. A tornado hits Kansas and causes Dorothy to become unconscious. When

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    into a film in 2000 and a Broadway musical in 2006. For his second novel About a Boy (1998) Hornby received the E. M. Forster Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult starred in the 2002 film version. A Long Way Down was published in 2005 in the UK. The book received mixed reviews from critics. Johnny Depp bought the rights to the book before it was even published and has since hired writer D.V. DeVincentis‚ who previously wrote the script for the film High

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