Popular Culture “Popular culture is the entirety of ideas‚ perspectives‚ attitudes‚ memes‚ images‚ and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture‚ especially western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century.”(“Popular Culture.” Def. Wikipedia ) Today‚ people of all ages are consumers of popular culture. Popular culture is often misunderstood as “pop culture” or “low culture.” However‚ I believe that
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TTP9 Pop Culture as History: The War Comes Home After World War II‚ the United States faced a malevolent philosophical dispute that had spread from within itself. Chapter nine in Thinking Through the Past is titled “Pop Culture as History: The War Comes Home” because it identifies America’s disposition over the subject of communism during the Cold War era. Historian Stephen J. Whitfield writes his secondary source entitled‚ “The Culture of the Cold War” which presents a detailed analysis pertaining
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Function of Popular Culture Although many people believe that popular culture is negatively effecting our and our children ’s lives‚ because it is saturated with meaningless information and dumbing us down to drones which sit in front of televisions or computers‚ it is actually a very important aspect of our lives which allows our society to function more smoothly and easily. Before we get into this we should first define popular culture. Popular is defined as “of‚ pertaining to‚ or
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Define modern popular culture : Popular culture reflects about how people live their life. Culture is understanding the human’s behavior‚ that includes thought ‚ communication‚ customs‚ beliefs‚ values‚ actions and institutions of racial‚ ethnic ‚religious‚ or social group(Adams‚ bell and Griffin 1997‚254). Music‚ television and movies play a major role in spreading modern culture to all human being. Modern culture helps us to compare how people live now and before. It makes us to balance
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Gayathiri Ramasamy 13 July 2013 Analysis of Facebook as a Popular Culture Do you ever imagine one day we encounter the worldwide blackout just like in Revolution‚ an American post apocalyptic science fiction drama? There is no electricity‚ internet or computer. Can you survive without all this equipment? I believe more than fifty percent of people would say no. Especially in this so-called “E-World‚” we‚ humans‚ are too dependent on computers‚ internet and so on. As a regular social
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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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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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American Popular Culture The difference between Americans and people from all over the world is that Americans work for a living‚ that strive that American society has to buy and consume everything that is need it and sometime not need it‚ has make the United States of America the top economy of the world‚ every company looking to expand their market through globalization has to reach the United States of America market to maximize financial gain. This privilege position the America has comes from
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Popular culture is everywhere‚ making it’s way into the everyday lives of individuals across the world. It is something that can hardly be ignored. Popular culture can be fun and bring enjoyment to a lot of people‚ however there is a downside. Popular culture is wide and varied‚ it contains a lot of information and ideas‚ and therefore should be looked at critically. The analysis of popular culture is useful and informative. Popular culture‚ or pop culture‚ is the general taste of the masses: the
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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 American
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