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    and Popular Culture Paper There is definitely an impact of the mass media on enculturation‚ a process by which one learns about the culture surrounding them and then accepts it as a norm. In other words a person brought up in a certain part of town in which is dominated by a certain culture and in order to fit in whether you deliberately or unintentionally start acting‚ talking‚ dressing and accepting it as normal for you would be enculturation. The mass media influences targeted cultures by television

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    David Pham-Martinez SOC 2001 Assignment 1 1. Sociology is the systematic study of social interaction at a variety of levels. In my belief‚ I believe that sociology means the way society acts around things and how they behave towards it. Various sociological topics interest me such as culture‚ deviance‚ crime‚ and the criminal justice system‚ gender and sexuality‚ race and ethnicity‚ families and aging‚ and religion. 2. Functionalism: also known as structural functionalism. Maintains

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    Outline for Essentials of Sociology: SOC-102 Chapter 3 - Socialization Section 1 – In this section it talks about how personality‚ emotions and internal control are all parts of who we are. How emotions depend on socialization. “Socialization during childhood centers on learning our culture’s feeling rules.” By socializing with others‚ that is how we learn how to think‚ act‚ and feel. This section explains how socialization and culture can guide us in feeling and expressing emotions. But there

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    Americans‚ after all‚ did not invent fast food‚ amusement parks‚ or the movies. Before the Big Mac‚ there were British fish and chips. Before Disneyland‚ there was Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens (which Walt Disney used as a prototype for his first theme park‚ in Anaheim‚ a model later re-exported to Tokyo and Paris). – Richard Pells 1. Introduction No matter what corner of the world‚ it is more than unlikely to walk up to an adoles-cent‚ mention the names Jennifer Lopez‚ Madonna

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    Immigration and American Popular Culture All of the different ethnic groups that migrated from their homeland to the United States left some kind of mark on American popular culture. The European immigrants during the 1930s created a very large splash in the public eye through the use of cinema. In addition‚ the Jamaican immigrants in South Bronx during the 1970s made a name for themselves by introducing a form of music called rap. In this paper‚ I will be analyzing and comparing the similarities

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    Trends in Popular American Culture Trends in Popular American Culture American culture has evolved so much in the last 40 years‚ it is amazing. So many things that are acceptable now‚ would have never been considered in the past. I will be discussing the social trend of using my space on the internet to create friendships and more serious relationships‚ the newest political trend of a women name Sarah Palin with a very controversial pasts running for vice president‚ the personal trends

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    Hercules For my research paper I chose to explore and analyze instances of the great Greek/Roman hero‚ Heracles (Hercules)‚ appearing in popular culture and the effect his myths had on early civilizations. Considered by most to be the greatest of the Greek folk heroes‚ Hercules was the embodiment of masculinity and physical power. The word “herculean” literally translates into “having enormous strength‚ courage‚ or size” (dictionary.com.) Since their inception‚ the myths and legends of Hercules

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    Popular Culture & High Culture Popular culture is the culture that prevails in a modern society‚ adopted and appealing to large masses of people‚ normally the middle class citizens. Culture consists of the customs and civilizations of a particular group. Popular culture means that arte facts and styles of human expression develop from the creativity of ordinary people‚ and circulate among people according to their interests‚ preferences‚ and tastes. Popular culture is an ever-changing phenomenon

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    Popular and Academic Culture Research Report Background and introduction Since we have been in the era of information‚ we are exposed to and absorb many various information resources. The ubiquity of information has made people feel it is hard to see the differences between popular and academic culture. Hence‚ the accuracy of the definitions of the two cultures has been hard to distinguish. This study is going to talk about two issues—popular and academic culture. The purpose of this paper

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    Popular Culture � PAGE �1� � The Affects of Popular Culture on Modern American Society Introduction to Popular American Culture Word Count: 817 The Affects of Popular Culture on Modern American Society The American way of life revolves around popular culture. The artifacts surrounding them shape the lives and personalities of individuals. The choices people make regarding the things they buy come from commercials they have seen on TV‚ ads in the newspaper‚ or something they have seen someone

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