Pop culture freaks chap 2 takeaways Flashcards
In relation to the cultural diamond, what are the racial demographics of the social world
White people = 63.7% Native American =.9% Black= 12.6% hispanic =16.3% Asian= 4.8%
In relation to the cultural diamond what is the breakdown of racial demographics/ presentations in film (the cultural object)
White=71.2%
black=13.2%
Asian= 7.1%
Hispanic= 4.9%
What is the racial breakdown in percentages of race representation in prome time television in 2002?
white= 74.3% black= 15.9% Hispanic= 3.2% Asian= 2.7%
What is the racial breakdown in percentages of race representation in prome time television in 2010
White-81.2%
Black-9.6%
Hispanic- 3.5%
Asian- 3.4%
What is the conclusion from the statisics of racial breadown in prime time tv?
White people’s representation on prime time tv has grown frim 2002 to 2010 while roles for black folks have been depleting, and asian and hispanic folks have grown only a little
In 2010 in relation to the bilboard top 100 songlist, what was the racial breakdown of the number of songs each race had represen ted on the bilboard?
white- 45 songs- black- 36 mixed/otherr- 16 hispanic-2 asian- 1
What is the definition of Gatekeeper?
Cultural proffessionals who assess and curate cultural objects IE :Book critics, television reviewers, and award programs
In relation to the creators aspect of the cultural diamond, in a study that looked at occupations held b racial minorities in 2002 fall tv season what was the percentage breakdown for
Writers=?
Writers on nonethnic sitcoms=?
writers on ethnic sitcoms=?
Writers on tv dramas=?
Writers= 13.5%
writers on non ethnic sitcoms= 6%
writers on ethnic sitcoms= 46%
writers on tv dramas= 12%
In relation to the creators aspect of the cultural diamond, in a study that looked at writers race in theatrical films from 2011-2013 what was the conclusion?
Minority groups have been extremely undeprepresented based on the proxy of the overall us population percentage whule white foils are oerepresented with 88-92% of the writing roles
In relation to the creators aspect of the cultural diamond, in a study that looked at directors race in theatrical films from 2011-2013 what was the conclusion?
White directors were extremely overepresented, averaging about 82- 89% of the roles throughout the years while mnority durectors constitue about 12- 18 % of directors in films during that same period of time
In relation to the ceo’s in film executive positions what are the demogrphic breakdowns?
100% white 94% male
In relation to the SR MNGMT in film executive positions what are the demogrphic breakdowns?
92% White 83% male
In relation to the Unit heads in film executive positions what are the demogrphic breakdowns?
94% white 61 % male
What is the definition of Labor force analysis?
A method of analysis studying the experiences and demographics of those who prduce goods, including cultural objects
In relation to tv time viewrship by race what is the average viewing time in the us?
8 hours and 15 minutes
In relation to tv time viewrship by race what is the AVERAGE HUSEHOLD VIEWING TIME by black people?
11 hours and 4 minutes
In relation to tv time viewrship by race what is the overall ousehold viewing time when not accounting black folk?
7 hours and 52 minutes
In a research design that included 20 anglos and 20 native amricans, when exposed to the john wayne film what were both groups reasoning for liking in?
Anglos- authentic depiction of the west
Native americans- The humor
White folks are overrepresented in (Tv/film or Music) and under represented in (tv/ film or Music)
- Tv / film
2. Music
Black folks are underrepresented or misrepresented in what medium?
Tv and film
Black folks are over represented in what medium?/ why is this a problem though?
Radio- corporations and music/ record lables have a long racial history of exploiting, misrepresenting, and profiting from black culture
What racial group ois the most underrepresented group in media compared to their social world population size?
Hispanics
What racial group is, a small minority grou but represented in media comparable to their social world population size, but still often misrepresented in media?
Asian
What racial group is pretty much invisible in media today?
Native Americans
Cutural production is heavily dominated by which racial group? wich makes this group overepresented than in other occupatins in our social world?
White folks
Although underrepresented in cultural objects, what group is more invested in cultural consumption?
Minority groups
Audience data concludes that what is a main factor of shaping one’s interpertaion of the social world?
Race
What is Cultural efficacy?
A method for studying the power of cultural objects to understand what they do and why some work better than others.
What is Race
A concept that signifies and symbolizes sociopolitical conflucts and intrests in relation to different types of human bodies
What is racial formation?
sociohistorical process by which race has been errected transformed, contructed or chaged over time
What is Racial Project?
A process in which human bodies and social structures are represented and organized
What are the three things Marx posits about pop culture?
Pop culture is a capatalist production
its a system of commoditiers
and it’s a symbol system that teaches us about the economic world
What is Cultural Capital?
Knowledge, disposition and skillks that are passed down from one generation to the next
Cultural capital represents ways of —?
Talking, acting, and socializing as well as language practices, values and types of dress or behaviors
What is a habitus?
A structure of dispositions we acquire from life experiences, especially from families and schools
What are herbert Gans 5 overall terms of class and culture?
High culture upper middle lower middle low culture quasi folk
What is High culture?
Serious, form focused
What is Upper middle?
College educated, less serious
What is Lower Middle?
Commercial culture
What is Low culture?
Traditional, conservative
What is Quasi Folk?
Poverty and isolation
What is a Content analysis?
A method for analyzing objectivfied practices that are subtle taken for granted and enacted in everyday life
What is a production ethnography?
The method of observing behind the scene processes to see how they shape the final content of cultural object
What are audience survey’s ?
A method of gathering extensive data about audience tastes, preferences, purchasing havits and experience with cultural objects
Pop culture promotyes… afuenct..?
Consumption even for those with lower incoes
Class is both very powerful and nearly ____
Invisible in the cultural diamond
