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The document discusses popular culture, including what it is, how it is determined and influenced, its broad appeal and changing nature, whether it is superficial or serious, and how it can provide insights into society. Popular culture refers to everyday cultural interactions, needs and desires that are spread through mass media industries. While some see it as superficial, others argue it reflects emerging cultural trends. Studying popular culture can provide understanding of social issues around topics like race, gender, and sexuality within historical and current contexts.
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mainstream American culture. TV shows like the Big Bang Theory,
musicians like Beyonce and Kanye West, movies like the Avengers. These
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Popular Culture
- 1. Popular Culture What is It? Is it Important? What Does it Say About Us?
- 2. What is It? Pop culture is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in any given society.
- 3. The Unbelievable There are people who make a living studying popular culture. Lets look at the web sites http://www.wsu.edu/~amerstu/pop/tvrguide.html http://www.americanpopularculture.com/journal/contents.htm
- 4. How is Pop Culture Determined? By everyday interactions, needs and desires, the cultural moments that make up our everyday lives.
- 5. Who Influences Pop Culture? In modern society, pop culture is influenced by the industries that disseminate cultural material. Film, television, news media, music, publishing, anime.
- 6. What Makes Pop Culture Unique? It is constantly changing It is specific to time and place
- 7. Pop Culture has Broad Appeal Appeal to a broad spectrum of the public Is it because broad appeal items are produced and sold by profit making companies in an attempt to maximize profits?
- 8. Is Pop Culture Superficial? Two schools of thought: Cultural items that require extensive experience, training, or reflection to be appreciated seldom become items of popular culture. Others argue that pop culture is on the cutting edge of culture- adopted by cultural mavens and then adopted by the laggards in the mainstream.
- 9. Pop Culture is Serious Business Lots of people are making lots of money studying and commenting on popular culture. We will look at a website devoted to our popular culture. http:/www/americanpopularculture.com Studies 20 th and 21 st century American culture and history. Articles on rap music, SARS and racial relations, womens self esteem via Real Women Have Curves, etc.
- 10. Another Website http://xroads.virginia.edu/~YP The serious, scholarly study of mass or popular culture is a fairly recent phenomenon, although sociologists have long found the materials w/ which Americans amuse themselves fascinating for what they reflect about the people and the world around them. Pop culture serves as a mirror wherein society can better see itself.
- 11. Forms of Popular Culture Music Television Sports Toys Comic Books Film Advertising Fashion Magazines Cyber culture
- 12. Issues in Popular Culture Race Ethnicity Gender Sexuality Cultural Imperialism Censorship
- 13. Assignment Pick a form of popular culture music, film, book, etc. and tell us what issue is being addressed. One slide that states form and issue. Additionally, look at one website (at least) and see how they view the form and the issue. Tie it together with a PowerPoint presentation. If possible, play the music, movie, etc.
- 14. Questions? What questions do you have? Look into popular culture, what is it trying to say? BE CREATIVE
- 15. The Presentation Needs to include: Title 際際滷 Theme The URL of 3 websites that you visited to study popular culture An analysis of the article of popular culture that you studied. For example, if a song, the lyrics and an analysis of what the artist is trying to say about race, gender, etc.