Globalisation and Popular Culture

Question 1

What is pop culture?

Answer 1

• Mass produced and consumed
• short lived products
• associated with lower class
• HARVEY: Candy floss culture - all colours no substance
• dating shows, reality tv, red top news, game shows, soaps, disney etc
• Basically takes no brainpower to take the information in

Question 2

What is high culture?

Answer 2

• Long-lived
• Intellectually challenging
• higher quality
• takes longer to produce
• associated with upper and middle classes
• Theatre, classical music, opera, books, literature, poetry and newspapers

Question 3

What is global pop culture?

Answer 3

• mass produced on global scale
• often included in other cultures to boost profits
• dubbed tv shows, translated books etc