Pop Culture

What does "Culture" mean?

What is Pop Culture?

• Things that are widely accepted

• For everyone, of the people, for the masses

• Doesn't follow traditional norms, changes rapidly

• Traditional norms

What is the purpose of pop culture?

• Creates & reinforces social norms/challenges

• In/Out Group

• To grow, to tend to

• Changes rapidly

How does Pop Culture bring people together?

• Collective Identity

• Enhances Prestige

• Shapes our behavior/beliefs

• Eliteism

How is Popular Culture used in Society?

• Sports

• Music

• Cross

• Queen

What is Folk Culture?

• Traditional

• Eliteism

• Exclusive

• Rapidly changed

What is High Culture?

• Eliteism

• Exclusive

• Traditional

• Non-Commercial

How did Urbanization form pop culture?

• Mass production

• Created mass market

How did Industrialization form pop culture?

• Mass production

• Created mass market

What are the 3 sources of Pop Culture?