language. Globalization have made it possible for an extreme output of popular culture that has mainly origins of English speaking countries with U.S.A. as the main exporter of popular culture through music‚ movies‚ television etc. In this essay I explore the positive aspects that using popular music in the classroom might potentially have. In my main issues I discuss the motivational aspects of popular culture‚ why teachers might feel insecure or unwilling to use the student ’s personal interests
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Pop Culture in Academic Classrooms In discussions of the academic classroom‚ one controversial issue has been the incorporation of popular culture in a scholarly style. On the one hand‚ Gerald Graff‚ an English professor who has been teaching for several years at the University of Illinois in Chicago‚ argues that “street smarts‚” which can relate to popular culture‚ have educational value and can help young students show and develop their intellectualism. On the other hand‚ Mark Bauerlein‚ an English
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the past-year use of illicit drugs‚ other than marijuana‚ continue to decline to the lowest level in the history of the survey I all three grades (10th-12th grade)‚” (NIDA‚2016). Regardless of the decline of the use of illicit drugs‚ the influence in pop culture plays a role in the influence on substance use among teens. The two theories that I will be using to help explain my topic are symbolic interactionist and social learning. Symbolic interaction will help analysis the influence of the interaction
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Emergence of Pop Art Pop art has become one of the most recognizable styles of modern art. Unlike most art before the 50s‚ pop art was a new 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
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Positive effects: it showed me different cultures around the world. and opened my curiosity for history. http://forums.soompi.com/discussion/263465/effect-of-k-pop-on-your-life Listening to k-pop music has a good effect in the Philippines. One of it is when Korean musicians come to the Philippines to have a concert‚ the Philippines earn taxes from it. In this‚ the economy of the Philippines rises up from the foreign musicians that come to the Philippines. Another is that when Korean musicians
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Pop Rock in the Nineties The nineties were a decade of enhancement. It was no longer fit to have anything the way it was originally made. It needed to be enhanced. The tastes and wants of society changed as technology changed. Every time technology advanced it would have a ripple effect to everything around it. This included music. Alternative rock was glorious in its day‚ but in the society of the nineties something more was needed. There are some alternative bands that embraced this change and
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Pop culture is transmitted via the mass media and aimed particularly at younger people. Pop culture can be expressed through many different ways such as fashion‚ music‚ television‚ movies‚ cars and sports. Pop culture was targeted at teens for many reasons. These reasons were that teens cared how they appeared and were influenced by the images and looks. After World War 2 finished‚ improvements to entertainment started to happen this gave people more ideas and new trends. To understand pop culture
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their father and then their husbands. This created a sense of entitlement that is still present today- the idea that women are there for men’s desires and are to obey them for their pleasure only. A prime example of which is the public’s response to a rape victim Tatiana Andreeva’s self-defence saying “there is nothing wrong with a man wanting to have sex with a girl.” It is perpetuated through the use of pop culture and glorified in lyrics such as “tried to domesticate you‚ but you’re an animal‚ baby
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word and part of pop culture‚ but say the word to a person speaking another language and it’s understood. Movies have changed dramatically too‚ before gore‚ sex‚ and violence‚ were more often time than not‚ rated R but now can be seen in PG-13 movies‚ younger generations are being exposed to more and more because of pop culture like the tv or internet have made it more acceptable and common for something like that to be. Because of this countries are trying to block out American pop culture‚ in order
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Music As is known to us all‚music is such a broad topic to interpret that I can not introduce it to you in detail‚ so today I just talk about music in my eyes. Here comes the first question:Do you like music? Many people like music.There are many different types of music all over the world: Classical music‚Folk music‚Soft music‚Light music‚Blues‚ Country music‚ Children’ s songs‚Jazz‚ Pop music‚Rock & Roll and so on. So what is your favourite kind of music? Soft music is graceful；rock
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