GLOBALISATION OF POPULAR CULTURE 1

Question 1

COHEN AND KENNEDY

Answer 1

society used to be disparate, distant and independent form each other, now inc interconnected via globalisation. In 2015, 196 separate nation states but instead the world is a global village due social, economic, political and cultural transformation

Question 2

media saturated

Answer 2

we now live in a society within a global system and thus affected by the process from the comfort of our sofas

Question 3

3 different types of culture:
high culture

Answer 3

elite in society regard as intellectual achievements (art music literature, poetry, theatre) seen as intellectually superior, globalisation has led to spreading of this culture across the world via digital platforms
bordeui: wc lack cultural capital

Question 4

folk culture

Answer 4

traditional and rituals of a culture folk, singing, dancing, traditional costumes. traditions are explicit to a location, argue folk culture inc globalised as tourist demand to see the performance of traditional dance / songs

Question 5

popular culture

Answer 5

products of mass media in capitalist societies, tv films magazines enjoyed by majority of the pop.. mainly focused on entertainment. this media Is created for mass consumption as opposed for its own sake. due to technology/ globaltisiaon, a large section of the world pop engaged with much of the same popular entertainment eg insta twitter

Question 6

barnett/ seyemar

Answer 6

describe popular culture as superficial candy floss culture

Question 7

role of the media> technology:

Answer 7

mass communication/digitialsion (satalite tv/ internet) has transformed time and space

Question 8

role of the media> transnational corp

Answer 8

globalisation of media outlets and produce has been assisted by the economic growth of TNC and cyber corp such as new corp apple/ microsfcot

Question 9

mc Cheney 2002

Answer 9

the worlds tv, film, satellite tv, books music dominated by fewer than 10 global media corp