of a popular leisure activity. What assumptions can you make about the participants of the activity? Conspicuous leisure is visible leisure for the sake of displaying social status. Golf and basketball country clubs or exclusive neighborhoods are usually set aside for social classes‚ assumptions you can make about someone playing golf is that they are wealthy own a really big house and has at least one sports car. Define the term globalization. What effect does globalization have on popular culture
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Topic Two: Popular Culture The Nature of Popular Culture A popular culture is a phenomenon that has widespread appeal. In society and culture‚ it should be something with global appeal. Some examples are: Barbie; the Beatles; surfing; and reality TV. Distinguish Characters of Popular Culture Associated with Commercial Products The profit motive is a key factor in the spread of popular culture‚ e.g. Wiggles have CDs‚ videos‚ clothes and lunch-boxes. (Usually) Developing from Local‚ to a National
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(COPY PASTE FROM WEB Impact of Music‚ Music Lyrics‚ and Music Videos on Children and Youth Music plays an important role in the socialization of children and adolescents. Popular music is present almost everywhere‚ and it is easily available through the radio‚ various recordings‚ the Internet‚ and new technologies‚ allowing adolescents to hear it in diverse settings and situations‚ alone or shared with friends. It started with an anonymous 14 year old girl in a chat room talking about chart topping
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Is Globalization Americanization? ____________ July 6‚ 201? ______________________ ___________________________________ Is Globalization Americanization? The American popular culture is becoming more and more of the standard for our world. Many people may agree with this statement‚ however‚ there are others that disagree. Some have also considered that Globalization is Americanization as America is at the vanguard position or have already been established as a cultural imperialism. In other
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approach to representational visual communication. This became a major directional shift of modernism‚ where the works are inspired by the “pop” of the present; from the mid-1950s onward‚ artists who drew on a popular imagery were part of an international phenomenon. Drawing from mass media and popular culture‚ the subject matter became far from traditional “high art” themes. Following in the footsteps of Abstract Expressionists‚ artists were inspired by commonplace objects and the people of everyday life
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Section 1 question 2 ARTIST PRACTICE The significance of personal experience and cultural concerns in the work of Vanessa Beecroft and Lee Wen contribute to the overall concept and ideas the artists are trying to communicate with the audience. Vanessa Beecroft’s issues and issues involve body image‚ nudity‚ and audience reaction. Beecroft works from the postmodern frame‚ she challenges traditions and social codes‚ and of the influence of mass media expectations. Beecroft reacts to our contemporary
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and the queer population has gained an overwhelming acceptance. He is the first male mainstream hip-hop artist who has rapped positively about homosexuality. More and more pro-gay artist are coming out in support of the gay community. Proving that popular culture can turn the tide of peoples use of derogative comments‚ opinions and challenge our ways of thinking in regards to our gay community. He says ‘he simply enjoys writing songs that get people thinking’. Many of the lyrics in the song ‘Same
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Music has affected the lives of youth into their adulthoods from their conception. The popular genres of today’s music test their audience’s innocence and willingness to buy into the lyrics‚ which are written to explain of a daily life that has digressed into drug use‚ sexual behavior‚ violence‚ and racial slurs. “We Are Young”‚ Fun’s current number one single on the Billboard Charts‚ idolizes the essence of being young in a bright ballad. The chorus “We Are Young/ So let’s set the world on fire”
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Value of Popular Culture Jim and Pam got married‚ Ke$ha brushes her teeth with whiskey‚ and Lady Gaga ponders if we are actually born predisposed to be weird. No matter where you look‚ we are surrounded by pop culture. Popular culture is a sub-culture that is often mocked and scrutinized as not being meaningful or significant‚ pop culture is seen as what is considered “cool” at the moment in time‚ and carries no long-term effects on society or culture as a whole. Emile Durkheim once said “For
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culture‚ that we have made a move into a postmodern society mainly concerned with mass production and new forms of media. Our culture began to change with the emergence of a new popular culture‚ with new ways to mass produce and bring media and information to the masses. Some cultural theorists believe that mass or popular culture come’s from the class structure. The question is whether
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