Understanding Society and Culture

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What is society according to Furze et al. (2005)?

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It is composed of people who interact usually in a defined territory and share a culture.

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What is culture according to Furze et al. (2005)?

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The sum of practices, languages, symbols, beliefs, values, ideologies and material objects that people create to deal with real-life problems.

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What does popular mean?

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Well liked by many people.

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What is high culture?

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It refers to cultural products and activities that are:

. Associated with the elite or upper class,

. Technical and complex

. Superior in value

. Aesthetically pleasing and balanced

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What is low culture?

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Low culture refers to cultural products and activities that are

. Associated with the masses or lower classes

. Simplistic

. Inferior in value

. Crude and raw

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What is taste culture?

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It refers to the preferences and values that shape an individual's or group's cultural consumption.

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What is cultural capital?

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It is defined as the social assets of a person that can be used to increase one's chances of success in life. These assets can be either tangible, such as clothes or educational certificates, or intangible, such as knowledge or life experiences.

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What is social stratification?

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It refers to a society's categorization of its people into rankings based on factors like wealth, income, education, family background, and power.