economy approach in popular culture. You would need to explain the political economy approach and your understanding of the theories in addition to applying it to the case study. The American Idol show – a form of popular culture - drew more than 30 million audiences an episode‚ and although over the years‚ overall viewership declined‚ the show appeared to be in little danger of losing its popularity (Wyatt‚ 2009). Marxist-inspired theorist Adorno argued that popular culture‚ as products
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Popular Kinds of Music The word “Mucis” derives from Greek “mousike” which means art of the Muses. Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. To many people in many cultures‚music is an important part of their way of life. With 20th-century‚rock music‚electronic music and R&B music are become popular for teenagers. Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in 1950s
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The term “popular culture” according to scholars‚ like Raymond Williams and John Storey must agree with the qualifier popular. And any culture that is generally accepted among various classes in the society is fit to be called popular. However‚ for a culture to be popular in the twenty first century‚ it should be affordable and should appeal to all classes. In the sense that it influence on them must drive their pleasure towards this particular product or activity. The soap opera Super Story has
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García-Canclin interrogates how could be possible that popular cultures have been excluded from research on hegemony and state‚ social change‚ and development in a continent in which masses have been decisive in revolutions. Two crisis have lead to study popular cultures: first‚ the crisis of hegemony and the epistemological crisis. “The exhaustion of economistic paradigms that fail to account for the cultural bases of power‚ and the non-economic necessities that mobilize peoples” (p. 467). García-Canclini
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Meritocracy & Popular Culture Alger’s book‚ Ragged Dick‚ tells the story of an ambitious‚ industrious‚ and honest boy who through hard work and some luck climbs the ladder to a better life and a higher social status. According to Alger‚ he does this not by taking advantage of other people‚ but by keeping an eye out for opportunities‚ working hard‚ and improving himself. The picture I chose was drawn by Clay Butler in 1994. It depicts a Frankenstein-like creature standing on top of a pile of dismembered
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are also very quick to point out that these shows don’t discuss or show safe sex techniques. Sex in popular entertainment is sex without consequences or emotional impact‚ but teenager viewers do not see behind the lights and the cameras. Teenagers are having sex at younger ages and teen pregnancy is becoming a huge problem in the United States. Our society has become very dependent on popular culture without even thinking about the real messages that are displayed. Arnett 2 The average
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1. Summary of Popular Article The article “Why Clingy People Feel Colder” by Maia Szalavitz focuses on how different people perceive temperature in certain situations. A group of volunteers were gathered and asked to complete an attachment style test to evaluate their level of clinginess before they could participate in the study. After these volunteers were tested they were either asked to think about a previous split between romantic partners or an unemotional ordinary event. With their memory
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Many forms of popular culture today are inspired by themes‚ characters‚ and other references in various types of classical literature. John Denver’s song "Calypso" parallels with a number of the themes in Homer’s the Odyssey. The Odyssey’s themes involving Odysseus’ journey back home and the aid of gods and goddesses directly influence "Calypso." The first stanza in Calypso is influenced by Odysseus’ journey to back to his homeland. The first couple of lines compare a dream to sailing on the
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Why Radio is popular? radio was the quickest‚ most widespread‚ most important‚ and most direct form of mass communication between the government or Party and the Chinese people. Mobility So instant and personal:Radio has found itself better situated to respond to certain localized demands and needs of audiences for news‚ information‚ and debate. These include on-the-spot‚ live‚ local news broadcasts‚ local sports reporting‚ travel news‚ local social news‚ and information about local events. Some
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sport that is done by people of multiple ages. Among the sports in fields such as hockey‚ rugby and field bowling‚ football is the most popular sports in Malaysia. It requires very little equipment and effort to learn the basics. Thus‚ kids can start playing football at an early age and go on to become ardent followers of game. Badminton is one of the popular physical sports in our country. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands
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