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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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    What is Pop culture? Popular culture is the entirety of ideas‚ perspectives‚ attitudes‚ memes‚ images and other phenomena that are preferred by an informal consensus within the mainstream of a given culture. Heavily influenced by mass media‚ this collection of ideas permeates the everyday lives of the society. Although terms popular culture and pop culture are in some cases used interchangeably‚ and their meanings partially overlap‚ the term "pop"‚ which dates from the late 1950s‚ belongs to

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    Popular Culture and Post Colonialism in Kenya Popular culture as manifested in the book “The River Between” by Ngugi Wa Thiongo depicts the collision between Africans and European ideologies and ways of life in colonial Kenyan society thus telling us more about the foundations of contemporary post colonial Kenya. According to Jessie McKinney‚ Popular culture is the shared knowledge‚ beliefs and practices by a specific group that is especially as a result of Western culture that reflects and

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    The definition of the term‚ popular culture‚ is not definitive. Each individual’s feelings toward the term may differ depending on their own standard of beliefs‚ values‚ and social behavior. In general‚ culture has to be accepted by the majority of the particular community‚ depending on the ideas and phenomena it entails. In Stuart Hall’s “Notes on Deconstructing ‘The Popular’”‚ he defines popular culture in a unique‚ thoughtful way. Hall agrees that popular culture involves society accepting new

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    Why the Twilight series is so popular? “Twi-hards‚” fans of the infamous Twilight series‚ are known to be some of the craziest and feverish fans out there. Ever since the series was first launched as books in 2005 and later released as films in 2008‚ the vampire/werewolf craze has invaded the American culture and has even extended into international cultures‚ becoming a popular commodity of our consumer culture. Why has the series become so popular? Why are Twi-hards a particular type of

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    The Smurfette Principle: A Popular Media Phenomenon By Youssef Sourgo You have certainly had the opportunity to read or watch The Smurfs. The Smurfs was “a Belgium comic and television franchise centered on a group of small blue creatures.” In order to understand the “Smurfette Principle‚” it’s necessary to watch at least one episode of The Smurfs which features Smurfette. Smurfette‚ the only female Smurf‚ is now used as an analogy for female characters who exists alongside a large number of male

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    Pop Culture Popular culture is your friend. Popular culture is good for you. Today consumers are the dictators. The people have spoken and we wish to be satisfied with something more substantial than "Perfect Strangers" and The Monkees. And we have that now‚ for the most part. In his article "Watching TV Makes You Smarter‚" Steven Johnson argues that culture today is far different from that of the glory days of the 1970s. Culture today is more demanding cognitively. He introduces what he calls

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    Popular Literature Paper Angela XXXX SOC/105 Introduction to Pop Culture January 10‚ 2010 Instructor: Narketta Sparkman Popular Literature Paper The purpose of this paper is to analyze a piece of popular literature including a critique of the story and a commentary about the influence of the work in popular culture. The paper will identify the literary production of The Green Mile written in 1996 by Stephen King. The paper will provide a brief description of what the novel is

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    Culture convergence due to ‘modernization’ or ‘globalization’ Since early days‚ time and distance has become borderless as business entities begin to grow and spread their roots all over the world. It becomes unavoidable for one country without being any related to other countries in any business. Each and every individual have their own culture and being proud of it‚ but when the relation between two entities (individuals or countries) happens‚ the cultures may converge due to obtain mutual understanding

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    ASN301 Circulation of Asian Popular Culture Week 1 Introduction Announcements • No tutorials in Week 1. • Students should read and prepare discussion: Reading for Week 2 Tutorial: Siriyuvasak‚ Ubonrat and Hyunjoon Shin. “Asianizing KPop: Production‚ Consumption and Identification Patterns among Thai Youth” Inter-Asia Cultural Studies‚ 8.1 (2007): 109-36. Discussion: How does pop music‚ especially J-pop and K-pop‚ function as a form of “soft power”? What are the principal barriers

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