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    Advertising has played a major role in human society‚ which often appears in every corner of the streets. Most of them have efficient effects on the progress of human reactions. Some are trying to convince consumers to buy the products. Some advertisements are existed with the purpose to persuade and educate viewers of particular knowledge. Further more‚ advertisers also utilize countless means to attract viewers’ attention‚ such as sexuality‚ celebrity‚ fantasy‚ and creativity. Comedy is also being

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    What Is Popular Music?

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    1. Popular music is typically music that is in touch with the middle class originating in the mid-1800’s. 2. Pop music lyrics based on love and relationship. 3. Disco was developed in the 1970s. Disco began outside of mainstream America. Mixing vocals with a beat that encouraged dancing‚ disco became the dance music of the decade. The music often had 100 to 130 beats per minute. 4. In the 1960s Briish bands began to copy American bands particularly in the areas of producing recordings and touring

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    Popular culture is affected by American film and television show because it showcases an image of how Americans wants to perceives their own society’s values and dreams. It also reinforces stereotypes by only showing certain types of characters for their specific race‚ class‚ or gender. The effect it has includes how society views itself and what is acceptable whether the entertainment that is shown is positive and informative or crude and distasteful. Such behavior in the latter can be viewed through

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    Popular Culture & High Culture Popular culture is the culture that prevails in a modern society‚ adopted and appealing to large masses of people‚ normally the middle class citizens. Culture consists of the customs and civilizations of a particular group. Popular culture means that arte facts and styles of human expression develop from the creativity of ordinary people‚ and circulate among people according to their interests‚ preferences‚ and tastes. Popular culture is an ever-changing phenomenon

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    Culture can be viewed as the customs‚ arts and social interactions of a particular nation‚ people‚ or other social group (Yourdictionary.com‚ 2013) Popular culture is defined as “Cultural activities or commercial products reflecting‚ suited to‚ or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.” (Dictionary.com‚ 2013) Three major trends in popular American culture would be: Social networking‚ reality television‚ and technology. Social networking has changed how we do communicate‚ think and live

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    Music During the course of a day most Americans will come in contact with some form of entertainment that helps a person detach him or herself from the tension in his or her life for a brief moment. For some this may be a book‚ for others it may be a movie. Though‚ most Americans do not notice is how frequently they come into contact with music throughout their everyday lives and how it influences their mood. Music can be found everywhere‚ in your home‚ in the workplace‚ in the car‚ in the elevator

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    TTP9 Pop Culture as History: The War Comes Home After World War II‚ the United States faced a malevolent philosophical dispute that had spread from within itself. Chapter nine in Thinking Through the Past is titled “Pop Culture as History: The War Comes Home” because it identifies America’s disposition over the subject of communism during the Cold War era. Historian Stephen J. Whitfield writes his secondary source entitled‚ “The Culture of the Cold War” which presents a detailed analysis pertaining

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    Popular Culture of the 60s

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    on‚ tune in‚ drop out". Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters also played a part in the role of "turning heads on". Psychedelic influenced the music‚ artwork and films of the decade‚ and a number of prominent musicians died of drug overdoses (see 27 Club). There was a growing interest in Eastern religions and philosophy‚ and many attempts were made to found communes‚ which varied from supporting free love to religious puritanism. Music British Invasion: The Beatles arrive at John F. Kennedy International

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    Beatriz Ramírez López s3231464 The role that Globalization of Television has played in the Construction of Cosmopolitan Identities. In this essay‚ I will expose my thoughts‚ arguments and ideas of how global television has constructed an identity in which people refer and familiarize that doesnʼt necessarily belong the same place. During the last decades television had to face the crucial change that the world has faced known as globalization. This change in the media needs to be understood

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    Consequences of Popular Culture A Consequence can be defined as‚ Something that logically or naturally follows from an action or condition. In this matter we are referring to the consequences of Pop Culture towards violence. Violence in general has one meaning‚ an act of aggression. We will be examining three types of violence in our culture‚ Domestic violence‚ Youth violence‚ and of course Gun violence. We feel that all three of these types of violence have increased in today ’s society as

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