Popular culture

Question 1

Thesis: define popular culture

Answer 1

The term “Popular culture” was coined in the 19th centruy, and is an aspect of society that involves certain practises and beliefs. This notion appeals to the majority of the population to create large scale acceptance, understanding and experience.

Question 2

Intro.1: define crime dramas as a form of popular culture

Answer 2

Crime dramas, as a form of popular culture, have become an established narrative genre across various platforms - incorporating space for debates on policing, criminality, gener, race & social and cultural values.

Question 3

Intro.2: cause & effect of crime drama

Answer 3

Crime dramas explore the aspects of the law enforcement through the development of sub-plots and relationships between characters within their shows, such as Law & order:SVU (1999) and Criminal minds (2005), using the popularity of this platform, crime dramas reflect changing societal values - particularly in regards to social issues surrounding gender and culture

Question 4

Intro.3: Research methods

Answer 4

Through the research methodology of content analysis - being both a qualitative and quantitative - used to gather, tally and interpret evaluative conclusions, can showcse the differences between episodes and themes across time. Finally, providing an understanding of the nature of crime drama within popular culture, and whether it meets the criterieas associated with commercial products and paraphernalia, developement from a local to global level, achieving widespread consumer access and constantly changing and evolving

Question 5

Paragraph 1: Commercial products and paraphernalia

Answer 5

• demand created through media, marketing and dissemination processes
• Commercial enterprise (profit)
• Sense of identity

Law and Order: SVU (Sept 20, 1999): S1; Ep 1 “payback”
NBC online shop - clothes, mugs, hats, monopoly game
* Eg, “Dun Dun” hoodie $45, “Team Stabler” shirt $23
* Eg, identifying with the show is increased from push of commercialisation > products consumed

Question 6

Paragraph 2: Local to global level

Answer 6

• Global acceptance (para-social interactions) > progression & intergration of tech
• Global scale > profit

Criminal minds (Sept 22, 2005): S1; Ep 1 - “Extreme agressor” > most globally streamed crime show in 2021
* Accessible translations of languages

Question 7

Paragraph 3: Widespread consumer access

Answer 7

• Broad access > media & communication technology

@officialbones on instagram has a following of 258k fans > last posted in March
* Eg, parasocial interaction of seeing a person following this account > conversing over shared interest in the show

Question 8

Paragraph 4: Constantly changing and evolving

Answer 8

• C + C > society and pop culture influence eachother

Law & Order: SVU (Sept 20, 1999) Constantly evolving with the times
* Eg, S1;Ep21 - “I’m going to make you a star” features the #metoo movement and contemporary societies efforts of protest

Question 9

Related concepts

6C’s + IVI

Answer 9

• Change
• Commercialisation
• Commodification
• Conflict
• Consumption
• Continuity
• Ideaology
• Values
• Institutional power