Folk vs. Popular Culture (Fall 2022)

what is folk culture

• the physical aspects of a society, the objects made or modified by a human.

• a modern popular culture transmitted via the mass media and aimed particularly at younger people.

• the products and practices of relatively homogeneous and isolated small-scale social groups living in rural locations.

• traffic laws, words, and dress codes.

Popular culture characteristics include...

• Practiced by large population

• Traditional

• Spread by all types of diffusion

• Rabid changes because of globalization

• Relatively unchanged

Folk culture characteristics include...

• Practiced by large population

• Traditional

• Maintains unique identity

• Rabid changes because of globalization

• Relatively unchanged

Habit

• repetitive acts of a group

• common unique feature of culture

• Repetitive act of a person

• collection of customs

Custom

• repetitive acts of a group

• common unique feature of culture

• Repetitive act of a person

• collection of customs

Popular culture's distribution is...

• limited by physical features and access to materials

• Everywhere due to globalization

• No where

Folk culture

• practiced by small homogeneous groups in isolated, rural areas

• practiced by large heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite being different.

Popular culture

• practiced by small homogeneous groups in isolated, rural areas

• practiced by large heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite being different.

How is folk culture transmitted?

• Relocation diffusion
• Television 
• Missionaries
• contagious diffusion 

Shaking hands with someone is an example of a 

• Friendly gesture
• custom
• habit
• folk culture