Popular culture Flashcards
What led to the rise of Popular Culture?
Industrialization, and the commercialization of radio, music records and movies
Describe Popular Culture as “folk” culture
The everyday cultural practices of a population.
True or False: Pop Culture as folk culture only appeared post-industrialization?
False
What is folklore
Traditional dances, folks customs, etc
Give an example of folk culture being a combination of working-class culture and folklore?
Fairytales - traditional oral folk tales collected as the Brothers Grimm, and then reproduced in Disney as working-class people’s culture
Describe popular culture as in mass culture
Commercial culture produced for mass consumption
Do you want example of popular culture as in mass culture?
The Pantone view colour planner is produced to determine what colours will be mass consumed.
Describe popular culture as in well-liked culture
Popular culture comes from the consumption choices of the consumers.
Describe popular culture as in low culture
Cultural patterns, widespread among societies population. Everything that is NOT high culture.
Describe popular culture as in hegemonic culture
Pop culture is an arena of exchange and negotiation between the hegemon (ruling class) and the subordinate classes in order to legitimize the unequal system.
What is the theory of cultural domination?
The dominic class is rule the ideological system, but some interest of the subordinate classes must be incorporated by the dominic classes to legitimize the unequal system
What is an example of popular culture as in hegemonic culture?
Rap music used to be antiauthoritarian, but then the rulers accepted its existence rather than fighting , and it became another commercial music genre for them to profit off of.
Explain the Medium Theory
- The medium that a message is conveyed through has an effect on the message.
