American Pop Culture Michelle Lilier University of Phoenix SOC/105 Robert Legaspi 29 January 2007 American Pop Culture American pop culture today is McDonald’s‚ Starbucks‚ finding a potential significant other on online dating sites‚ conversations via cell phones but with the use of fingers and not voice‚ the highly anticipated Super Bowl games and more interest in American Idol than politics. The given examples are just a few of today’s popular culture all too common to the average person
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The culture of the United States has been going from bad to worse in recent years. Things like good manners and kindness have been weeded out. The youth of America look to the media for guidance on what is "cool" and acceptable and pop culture is filling their minds with bad thoughts. TV‚ movies‚ and radio are the avenues for this corruption. On average‚ in a two-hour period‚ a child will see a maximum of one hundred people die on TV. Music is destroying the tentative footing that women have in the
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Gordon W. Allport theorized in his selection titled “The Formation of In-Groups” that people inherently gravitate toward other people based on a variety of factors. Those factors lead to the formation of in-groups and out-groups. Allport goes on to postulate that one’s behavior is dictated and predicated by the in-groups that one is a member of. In addition to in-groups and the role that they play today‚ Allport discusses differing membership statuses‚ the fluidity of in-groups‚ reference groups
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Television and films are one of the many extensive parts of what is known as popular culture. Popular culture is the entirety of ideas‚ perspectives‚ attitudes‚ memes‚ images‚ and much more. The United States has been influencing other countries with pop culture as long ago as when Washington was the president‚ even if it was in different forms. Television has influenced other countries by giving them an unrealistic visual and not censoring the drugs‚ sex‚ and violence. Racist items‚ originated in America
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Pop Culture in the Global Context "A long time ago in a galaxy far‚ far away" is a phrase that has been translated into hundreds of languages all over the world. Star Wars is an influential science fantasy saga and fictional universe created by writer‚ producer‚ and director George Lucas in the early 1970s. In 2005‚ Forbes Magazine estimated the overall revenue generated by the entire Star Wars franchise‚ over the course of its 28-year history‚ at nearly $20 billion‚ easily making it one of the
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I was astonished when I heard the news‚ I received Thursday afternoon from my manager! Pop Chips asked me to be in an ad for them! If you have never heard of Pop Chips‚ they are all-natural Potato Chips and are fantastic. As we make our way to the photoshoot‚ I had this weird feeling in my stomach. I think it was just the rush of excitement and nervousness getting to me. When we arrived‚ I was pulled straight out of my car and escorted to my dressing room‚ so we could get started ASAP. It took a
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In The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1991)‚ Gordon S. Wood argues there were three distinct periods of social ideology in early American society‚ monarchy‚ republicanism‚ and democracy. While each era progressed chronologically‚ they were in no way distinct‚ with considerable ideological overlap occurring between them. The monarchy‚ which dominated American culture during the colonial period‚ was a series of hierarchical relationships denoted by various levels of dependency through personal
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With a deep-seated distrust in a powerful central government Americans placed great emphasis on the independence of their individual states. This suspicion was reflected in the states’ constitutions and in the power structure of state governments. Gordon S. Wood argues in his book The American Revolution: A History‚ that the constitutions of the states and the process of writing the US Constitution reflected a change in political thought. Looking at the process of constitution writing
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Autobiography Poem Directions: For each line‚ fill in the words that describe you for the autobiography poem. When you’re all finished‚ you’ll get a piece of construction paper and re-write it on the construction paper. Decorate the construction paper in a way that reveals your personality or says something about you. Be creative. Use the examples that have been provided for inspiration. Autobiography Poem for _______________________________________________ |Line 1: |Your first
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Section II- Research a topic from that year Pop culture of the year 1994 left behind films‚ music‚ fashion and great television shows. Pop culture is modern popular culture transmitted via mass media and aimed particularly at younger people. Younger people are influenced very easily by pretty much anything. “Momma always said ‘Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.” -Forrest Gump (20 Classic Forrest Gump Quotes in Honor of the Film’s 20th Anniversary‚ 2014)
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