SOCIALISATION, CULTURE AND IDENTITY - CULTURE

Question 1

What is high culture?

Answer 1

The culture of the higher classes
Eg listening to classical music, going to museums in their leisure time etc

Question 2

What is popular culture?

Answer 2

The culture of the lower classes
Eg listening to pop and rap music, going to football matches, watching reality TV

Question 3

What is a consumer culture?

Answer 3

When society portrays a sense of identity and status through consuming goods
Strengths: it brings more income into economies and a wider range of consumer goods
Weaknesses: could start to lose the traditional culture

Question 4

What is global culture?

Answer 4

The growing trend of cultural products/activities becoming universal

Question 5

What is cultural diversity?

Answer 5

A variety of cultures within one society
Intercultural diversity: diversity between cultures
Intracultural diversity: diversity within a culture