Chapter 8- Popular Culture

Question 1

popular

Answer 1

mass usage, which can be compared and contrasted with high folk culture

Question 2

3 factors that affect high culture attendees

Answer 2

1. gender (females more than males)
2. history of participation (especially with dance)
3. education (college grads much more likely to attend) – so associated with social class.

Question 3

inclusionary

Answer 3

unites people and develops collective identity

Question 4

commercial

Answer 4

bought and sold as a product

Question 5

trendy

Answer 5

focus on whats contemporary in peoples lives it is not very enduring

Question 6

Specific age group

Answer 6

young people are the driving force of popular culture

Question 7

examples of common culture

Answer 7

• electronic media (e.g., television, film, Netflix) • print media (e.g., magazines, newspapers)
• music, theme parks
• food, sports, fashion/styles, toys, & politics

Question 8

__% Canadians subscribed to Netflix…changing the way we watch TV

Answer 8

44%

Question 9

rank most to least popular types of Canadian shows with percentages

• sports
• news/public affairs
• comedies and variety game shows
• dramas

Answer 9

• Dramas (28%, with 88% of this being non-Canadian programs)
• News / Public Affairs (22%)
• Comedies (12%, with 96% being non-CDN), and variety
and games (12%)
• Sports (10%)

Question 10

rank most to least popular types of Canadian shows with percentages

• sports
• news/public affairs
• comedies and variety game shows
• dramas

Answer 10

• Dramas (28%, with 88% of this being non-Canadian programs)
• News / Public Affairs (22%)
• Comedies (12%, with 96% being non-CDN), and variety
and games (12%)
• Sports (10%)

Question 11

Watching TV becomes ___(more/less) rewarding the longer it is viewed

Answer 11

less

Question 12

examples of negative effects of watching tv

Answer 12

• Inactive/sedentary leisure, so may be unhealthy
• Can lead to family/friend isolation
• Agent for socializing kids (for ages 2-7, 81% of TV is watched unsupervised)
• Promotes pop and consumerism view of reality (e.g., kids can develop brand loyalty by age 2)

Question 13

examples of positive effects of watching tv

Answer 13

• Educational and informational programming

• Can enhance family/friend
POSITIVES OF WATCHING TV

togetherness (e.g., watching Grey Cup)

• Relaxing

• Easy to do, no skills
required

• Can do other things at the same time

Question 14

Multiple threading

Answer 14

while early TV shows had one storyline throughout, shows now have MULTIPLE STORYLINES going on at the same time

Question 15

Flashing arrows

Answer 15

while early TV shows often had easily recognizable “SIGNPOSTS” , shows now often don’t or are more
ambiguous.

Question 16

Social Intelligence

Answer 16

compare I Love Lucy (Lucy, Ricky,

Ethel, Fred) vs. Grey’s Anatomy, Amazing Race.

Question 17

Movies have _____(increased/decreased) in number of viewers in theaters, but revenues remain nearly as high because of increased ticket cost

Answer 17

decreased

Question 18

Clasen (2012) says “the fascination with monsters many people (especially children) feel is probably the result of an ______ ______to pay attention to such dangerous agents and to learn about their behavior vicariously”

Answer 18

Adaptive tendancy

Question 19

Rojek’s criticisms about Disneyland

Answer 19

• goes beyond entertainment
• present moralistic and idealized version of the “American way” (e.g., a de-racialized, de-politicized, “man over nature” type of space)

Question 20

Bryman’s criticisms about Disneyland

Answer 20

TOO MUCH CONTROL:

a. of the park experience (e.g., layout)
b. over the imagination (e.g., very structured)
c. as motif (e.g., “man over nature”)
d. over employees’ behaviour

Question 21

what did NAZARETH (2007): THE LEISURE ECONOMY believe in?

Answer 21

economic divide between the “income rich” and the “leisure poor” may (or even has) developed. and so leisure availability and opportunities will also differ.