Feature Article Slut Dungeon “Slut Dungeon” is the nick name of the club called Cellar. Cellar is one of the notorious biggest clubs in Morgantown‚ WV. This is a place for people who want to have fun. Although‚ we must be 18 to get in‚ it gives people the opportunity to relax. People always have an idea of club is a bad place that young people come to drink and destroy themselves‚ but I think it also has other meaning to young people like us. I have met with the promoter of Cellar to allow us
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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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Economic Principle | Marketing Principle | Form Utility | | | | | | | | | | Utility is a term used by economists to describe the measurement of "useful-ness" that a consumer obtains from any good. Utility may measure how much one enjoys a movie‚ or the sense of security one gets from buying a deadbolt. The utility of any object or circumstance can be considered. Some examples include the utility from eating an apple‚ from living in a certain house‚ from voting for a specific candidate
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4/4/14 Is Honor Killing a Muslim Phenomenon? In communities where there is a high occurrence of honor killings‚ there is a powerful shared belief that honor is the primary value in life. Honor killing is defined as the murder of a family or community member by other members due to the belief that the victim brought shame upon the family or community. In these communities‚ people use the concepts of honor and shame as a way to assess and maintain a certain level of conduct. Although honor
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are 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
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in his or her child and then turning on the radio to the preferred station. Though this might seem like a harmless habit‚ one rarely ever stops to decipher the connotation of the popular songs being played. While an adult might mindlessly sing along to the Top 40‚ a listening child may easily grasp the immoral principles the songs distribute. Some people might declare that not all songs convey a bad message‚ but in reality‚ the mass majority of music is offensive in some manner. Not only do many of
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River Steinberg Fandom in Popular Culture Everyone is a fan of something. Whether it’s a sports team‚ celebrity‚ or television show there is at least one thing that a person enjoys to partake in‚ talk about‚ etc. Yet when does becoming too much of a fan – or a fanatic – become a problem? This question raises concern because recently many different fan bases or fandoms of certain movies‚ books‚ etc. have been criticized over the last decades due to their extreme dedication and obsession. Some people
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Korean Popular Music‚ the Culture Industry‚ and National Identity John Lie* In the early 2010’s‚ the expansion of South Korean popular culture around the world is led by popular music‚ usually known as Kpop. In this paper I seek to answer two questions. First‚ what are the sources of its success beyond the South Korean national border? Secondly‚ what does it say about contemporary South Korean society and culture? Key Words: K-pop‚ Korean Wave‚ Hallyu‚ South Korean Popular Culture‚ Popular Music
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Investigation of the Better-Than-Average Phenomenon No matter who we are‚ what we are or where we are‚ we are always at the centre of our own worlds and what ever we experience is always primarily filtered through our self. Some scientists contend that the usual view of oneself is at times inflated to the point where it would be considered unreal (Gazzaniga & Heatherton‚ 2003). In most ability areas studied‚ more people rate their abilities as above average‚ than below average. These findings
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1301 2S3 08/03/14 How The Media Affect Teens And Young Adults? The media is inescapable given that everywhere we go. We are surrounded by magazines‚ newspapers‚ computers‚ and televisions. Being we are massively exposed to the media‚ it is sculpting our society as it controls the structure of our civilization. Granting everybody is being affected; teenagers are more vulnerable to the media and suffer the highest impact. This is because; they are exposed to the media eight hours a day typically
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