Popular American Culture Dustin C. Nelson SOC/105 May 1‚ 2011 Laura Cobb Popular American Culture The purpose of this assignment is to discuss what Popular America Culture is and how it affects my life. The first topic will cover what culture is and more specifically what popular culture is. Next the three major trends in Popular America culture will be covered and the influences of each of these major trends. Finally the last topic that this paper will cover how Popular American Culture
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One of the most pervasive values in U.S. American culture is individualism‚ and understanding its effects can help illuminate many aspects of the culture. In American culture‚ in order to succeed and achieve one’s personal best‚ one must be strong and independent. In more collective cultures‚ accomplishments and successes may be viewed foremost as an honor to the group‚ for example‚ how it reflects upon one’s family or hometown community. In the US‚ a person’s success is more likely to be attributed
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In popular culture the image of Satan in movies and most print media shows a stereotypical Satan‚ as a malicious‚ horned and hoofed creature sporting a pointed tail and a pitchfork or a suave businessman however‚ does this modern day image fit with that of the Christian scriptures? Satan is often portrayed in popular culture with the demonic appearance consisting of thick leathery red skin‚ long curled goats horns and hairy goats legs and a serpent like pointed tail. This image is frequently teamed
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Week four Discussion Questions Luis A. Resto Perez University of Phoenix Introduction to Popular American Culture SOC/105 Juan Gonzalez December 05‚ 2012 Week four Discussion Questions What specific beliefs‚ actions‚ and types of relationships do reality television shows encourage? Provide an example and explain your answer. Jersey shoes is a program that the only thing you can learn is sex‚ drink alcohol and dance‚ this program only teaches everyone that if you want live a perfect
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Popular American Culture Austin Gardner SOC/105 October 20‚ 2013 Matthew Szlapak Popular American Culture Popular culture surrounds us every day; when we go to the grocery store it’s there in the checkout line‚ on the car radio when you drive down the road‚ and on every webpage that we visit. Not only is popular culture everywhere around us‚ it influences nearly every decision that we make; from the television shows we watch‚ the cloths we wear‚ the food we eat‚ or even the cars we choose to drive
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Folk and Popular Cultures 1950’s and 60s I love Lucy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7OkZrvSLcM In this episode it doesn’t really show any type of entertainment. They are spending time together and at the end playing some drums. For the outfits the women are all wearing vintage dresses. The Men are wearing are wearing suits and slacks. The little boy is dressed up nicely for a little boy. Slicked back hair. Using lots of hand expressions to speak. 1970’s The Brady Bunch: They are playing
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Trends in Popular American Culture Trends in Popular American Culture American culture has evolved so much in the last 40 years‚ it is amazing. So many things that are acceptable now‚ would have never been considered in the past. I will be discussing the social trend of using my space on the internet to create friendships and more serious relationships‚ the newest political trend of a women name Sarah Palin with a very controversial pasts running for vice president‚ the personal trends
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Gender roles Lots of people all over the world believe that men are always better at everything. Just not when it comes to staying home‚ cooking‚ and cleaning. The problem with this is not enough people support gender equality and it is a very important key to a healthy community. Instead of supporting the situation people just continue to come up with more stereotypes. Gender roles are different types of personality traits‚ interests‚ attitudes‚ and behaviors that mainly represent guys or mainly
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world until the 1990’s since then it has been spreading vastly throughout the globe. With the Internet becoming part of everyone’s daily life‚ it might spark up some controversy over American cultures being spread through it‚ later leading to the future of the internet’s effect on “cosmopolitanism.” The three possible effects of American popular culture spreading would be through Television‚ globalization and business advertisements. For starters‚ Television has emerged drastically since 1927. In
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Popular Music Popular music‚ or pop music’‚ means music of the populace’. The term embraces all kinds of folk music which‚ originally made by illiterate people‚ were not written down. The creation of a popular music that aims simply at entertaining large numbers of people is a product of industrialisation‚ in which music became a commodity to be bought and sold. It is in the rapid industrialised nations‚ notably Britain and USA‚ that we first encounter composers who have devoted themselves
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