Popular,consumer,global cultures and N vs N debate

Question 1

Popular culture - Clarke and Critcher

Answer 1

We are not free to make choices as consumption is manipulated by media and adverts

Question 2

Strinati

Answer 2

Media responsible for creating popular culture

Question 3

Consumer culture features - Lury

Answer 3

Wide range of goods, different forms of shopping and shopping seen as leisure pursuit

Question 4

Creating a Global culture - Giddens

Answer 4

television, global economy, global citizens and electronic communication

Question 5

McLuhan

Answer 5

World has become smaller and a global village driven by industry and media etc.

Question 6

Nature vs Nurture

Answer 6

Nature - people born with natural desires

Nurture - behaviour socially constructed as it is learnt and taught

Question 7

Evidence for N vs N

Answer 7

Twin studies - twins have different childhoods and separated but have many similarities when grown up.
Feral children - lack of human contact and so are not socialised properly to do simple things.
Experiments - Boys penis destroyed and so brought up as a female but becomes unhappy and changes his identity back to male.