introduced. Games like these became so popular‚ the government had to control the people. More trends that were created were fashion trends. These consist of bib overalls‚ pants that flare at the bottom‚ bright and neon colors‚ and flashy clothing in general. There was also more Rock and roll type music that became popular. One of the most popular bands were kiss‚ queen‚ guns and roses‚ and AC/DC. There’s more trends of the 80s‚ but these are the most popular. The 80s reflected a change on society
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Documenting Sources Elizabeth Estrada COM/150 12/1/12 SOURCES: 1.) "The inspiration really was Advertising Week‚ we love advertising and popular culture‚ and we wanted to build a community of people to share their thoughts about pop culture.” (McCale‚ 2004) 2.) According to Lucinda Waltrous‚ “Advertising began in 1841 by Volney B. Palmer‚ it wasn ’t until the 20th century that advertising agencies began to offer a full spectrum of services ranging from branding
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they were popular at one point. As mixes change the genre of music either adapts or evolves into a new one. For instance‚ rap music once used snare drums‚ guitars‚ and fast passed monotone lyrics. Over time‚ the meaning of the lyrics changed and with that the “beat” fallowed. Rap changed from party time‚ to violence‚ to being gangsta‚ to something that cannot be defined‚ so naturally an undefined mixing style occurred‚ losing its edge‚ becoming less popular. The three most popular styles of mixing
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River Steinberg Fandom in Popular Culture Everyone is a fan of something. Whether it’s a sports team‚ celebrity‚ or television show there is at least one thing that a person enjoys to partake in‚ talk about‚ etc. Yet when does becoming too much of a fan – or a fanatic – become a problem? This question raises concern because recently many different fan bases or fandoms of certain movies‚ books‚ etc. have been criticized over the last decades due to their extreme dedication and obsession. Some people
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The article‚ “The Good‚ the Bad‚ and The Daily Show‚” written by Jason Zinser‚ talks about the implications that “fake” news shows like The Daily Show have on society and the media. He begins by talking about the dissemination of news and the responsibility the news has to inform people. Then he explains what he believes the vices are of “fake” news: deception and dilution. He argues that the show inadvertently decepts its viewers when they believe that their information is objective. He also argues
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quality distinguishes the seemingly unremarkable projects of Bay‚ Warhol‚ and Collins from the prestigious masterpieces of Welles‚ Rembrandt‚ and Tolstoy? Popular culture is the ocean in which the arts swim‚ and when one contemplates and examines “the arts” it is done in a world defined by popular culture. (Or‚ in cultural theory terms‚ popular culture is the Other‚ for the arts — the thing the arts supposedly are not.) In this definition‚ it is stated‚ implicitly or explicitly‚ that the arts are
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“Oppan Gangnam Style”‚ it is understood that at least one person will dance his heart out. But before everyone was inflicted by the Gangnam Style virus‚ an impressive amount of people has already caught this so called K-pop (Korean pop or Korean popular music) pandemic. K-pop going global was a concealed phenomenon to the majority of people. But on the last decade‚ the world started to give K-pop a chance. On June 1‚ 2002‚ the French daily Le Monde ran a feature story on female Korean singer BoA
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What were the most important developments in popular culture in the first half of the twentieth century? and Why? The first half of the 1900s was all about pop culture in the United States and how they advertised it. New cars were sold over the radio in between your favorite Jazz songs. Doing advertisment over new technology about new technology was all of the rage in the late 1900s to the early 1930s. In the 1920s America began to export their media to the rest of the world. Jazz was
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In the book Stayin’ Alive historian Jefferson Cowie writes a very engaging explanation of the political and cultural aspects that effected white workers’ economic individuality and what damaged a “vibrant‚ multi-cultural‚ and gender conscious conceptualization of class” (Stayin Alive‚ Cowie. 72). A single portion of the narrative touches on the rise of the New Right while another tracks the breakdown of working-class cultural idols. New Deal liberalism and the growth of a New Right founded upon a
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alone. Reality television does not do any harm or break any rules anymore than anything else on television‚ the fact that it does not appeal to the smug intellectual and the elitist press does not mean that it is not popular. The reality of reality television is that it is popular with millions of viewers across the world - and it is not hard to see why. Reality television is simply the 21st century version of soap operas and game shows - or rather a combination of the two. These genres of television
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