Trends in Popular American Culture Maudie Mclaughlin University of Phoenix Soc 105 Trends in Popular American Culture The definition of culture was established years ago as traits that were passed down from generation to generation. Today‚ we understand culture as everything that takes place in a society. Popular culture can be defined as the culture of everyone in a society. Most of today’s popular culture is produced and disseminated through the mass-media. Popular culture influences what
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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 a consequence
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Popular culture is a vital component in the story of humanity where history warrants exploration. Human experience is hard to define without the many facets of human behaviour‚ revealed from popular culture‚ throughout history. “Having a fair go” and the great outdoors are pivotal aspects in the formation of what is define as Australian popular culture. Australia also defines itself by its Aboriginal heritage‚ innovative ideas and a thriving arts scene. But it is never mentioned or included how the
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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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such as television and the internet‚ have globalised into an internationally recognised franchise. By definition‚ a popular culture has four characteristics; they are associated with commercial products‚ develop from a local to international scale‚ allow consumers to have widespread access to it‚ and are constantly changing and evolving. The Wiggles can be classified as a popular culture due to its conforming to these characteristics. The group conforms to these characteristics by having much associated
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factors that influence the decisions made. This paper will include a personal documentation on interactions on popular culture. In addition‚ this paper will cover what culture and popular culture are; three major trends in popular American culture and how does popular American culture affect personal decision making. Culture and popular culture Merriam-Webster (2012)‚ defines culture as the customary beliefs‚ social forms‚ and material traits of a racial‚ religious‚ or social group; also: the
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Popular American Culture What is culture? Zimmerman (2012)‚ “culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ defined by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine‚ social habits‚ music and arts” (para. 1). We currently live in a society filled with many different nationalities therefore‚ creating many different cultural influences. There are many types of cultures that exist from Latin culture and American culture to popular culture. Prior to current research‚ I was oblivious
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Social Constructions American popular culture has brought entertainment to many for the past two centuries. However‚ very little people know the extent to which American popular culture has shaped the historical relationship between marginalized social groups and dominate American society. Traditionally‚ the term popular culture has denoted the education level and general "cultural-ness" of the lower classes‚ as opposed to the "official culture" and higher education emanated by the dominant classes
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Popular American Culture Stephanie Turner Smith SOC/105 August 20‚ 2012 King E. Carter Popular American Culture Popular American Culture is very hard to be a part of and ignore. My interaction with popular culture is being addicted to Facebook. I sleep eat and drink around Facebook. Facebook is a part of today’s culture‚ along with twitter for me. I wake up in the late hour of the night and the first thing on my mind is to check my Facebook account. Staying
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Biological or role ← Complex and changeable Stets and Burke ← “Femininity and masculinity - or one’s gender identity - refers to the degree to which persons see themselves as masculine or feminine given what it means to be a man or woman in society. Femininity and masculinity are rooted in the social (one’s gender) rather than the biological (one’s sex). Societal members decide what being male or female means (e.g.‚ dominant or passive‚ brave or emotional)‚ and males will generally respond by
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