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    November 2010 how popular culture shapes us and the environment The term popular culture‚ or pop culture‚ often refers to the ideas‚ values and goods that arise from mass media. This mass media includes books‚ magazines‚ movies‚ and television. In American popular culture two themes are prevalent: a materialistic one and a simplistic one. The materialistic one‚ that is popular in times of prosperity‚ stresses that happiness comes out of material goods‚ while the simplistic one says that happiness

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    Corporate Ownership of Mass Media It is my opinion that there is bias in mass communication due to corporate ownership. We as a population cannot trust media sources to fully educate us due to the roles and biases that large corporations play in mass popular media today. If there are larger corporations running things‚ there may also be ulterior motives for disclosing or not disclosing information. An example is the power of General Electric over NBC-TV‚ in which it did not allow a song to

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    University of Phoenix Material Media Convergence Worksheet Write 250- to 350-word answers to each of the following questions in the matrix: Questions Answers What is meant by the term media convergence with regard to technology‚ and how has it affected everyday life? Since I have been going to school I had never heard of the word “convergence” I first learned about this when I enrolled in my Humanity 176 course. Convergence by definition is the exchange of various digital media such

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    bell hooks: “Seeing and Making Culture” Summary In the essay “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor”‚ hooks proposes a different perspective on issues regarding people of higher class compared to those of lower class. In doing so‚ she clarifies and illustrates assumptions made about the poor‚ how they are viewed in popular culture‚ and in the media. To further validate her points‚ she utilizes ideas that stem from her own personal experiences with poverty‚ as well as examples from pop

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    The Female Body Ideal through Media How do you feel about yourself when you look in the mirror? Dissatisfied?... This research paper is about the problems women have to face with their body and how they look like because of the ideal the media gives them. For me‚ it is really important to talk about this problem because it definitely has to change. A recent article in the Daily News said‚ that 87% out of 2000 girls are unhappy with their body. Only 19% of the teenagers were actually overweighed‚

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    Axia College/College of Humanities HUM/176 Version 3 Media and American Culture Copyright © 2011‚ 2010‚ 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description The course provides an introduction to the most prominent forms of media that influence and impact social‚ business‚ political‚ and popular culture in contemporary America. It explores the unique aspects of each medium as well as interactions across various media that combine to create rich environments

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    Economic‚ political and social problems in the period 1945-1960 in British society From 1900 to 1940s Britain struggled with poverty and social inequality. The economy in Britain needed a big change‚ because most of the population was unemployed‚ leaving schools in their early teens‚ there was no health service or social insurence. In period from 1945 to 1960‚ Britain went through some changes in economy‚ society and politics. Politicians needed new plans to put the Britain

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    How has mass media a created a relationship among popular culture‚ mass media and different forms of dissemination? Mass media is any form of communication used to reach a large group of people. There are different types of media; examples of media are magazines‚ movies‚ television‚ books‚ recording devices‚ radio and the internet. As time goes on‚ new and improved technology is developed in the mass media industry for communicating and entertainment purposes. As mass media continues to grow and

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    Introduction The pervasiveness of Popular Culture is undeniable. The widespread of its influences‚ the symbolic reference the human psyche makes and associates itself with popular culture‚ the trends and fads that encapsulates and drives consumerism becomes the reason why popular culture is- popular. Essentially‚ it provides the ideal catharsis‚ for human emotions to be well exploited. As such‚ popular culture has progressively been shaped by human desires; a development of niche tampered and propelled

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    Student: John Good Course: FSGN RESL 3307 Instructor: Robert Henman Student Number: g0547644 Date: November 22‚ 2011 Death in Popular Culture Introduction With the advancement of technology and the spread of wireless communication all over the world today‚ media has become one of the most significant and powerful tools of communication and interaction among people. The consistent and steep growth of media has made it ever domineering and a lot many humans have become addicted to its heavy

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