in last 20 years has improved lives through invention. Technology has positively and negatively affected three main spheres of our lives: medicine‚ education‚ and communication. The largest part of society that may have benefitted from the advancements in technology is probably the field of healthcare. Technology has aided scientific research to find cures or control many diseases. Over the years pandemics‚ such as AIDS have been brought under control. Medical research has led to the creation
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Exploring Popular Music What is popular music? Popular music is defined as "any genre of music having wide appeal but usually only for a short time."(Popular music) My definition of popular music is music mostly by one hit wonders or well established artists appealing widely for a short time. Popular music differs from other genres of music because with other genres of music they are constrained to that genre meaning that have to fit that group and really venture outside that box and still be
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Observing how other people live provides perspective for anyone that differs from their situation. Society has modified itself to be an extremely judgmental place‚ where stereotypes run popular culture. History has shown that those who are well off financially‚ have easier and better lives than those with less money. While wealth is important when it comes to developing careers and businesses‚ it fails to consolidate people. In order for a group of people to become unified‚ a common component has to come
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that “Overseas content has gone up 154% since 2008 while Aussie content has shrunk from 52 per cent of total hours in 2008‚ to 38 per cent in the first six months of 2011.” Statistics like this show that the American programs are an ever growing trend in Australian television and thus is slowly but surely blotting out the Australian idealism. Shows such as two and a half men‚ big bang theory‚ how I meet your mother and other various American television shows portray Americans living there lives and
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Popular Kinds of Music The word “Mucis” derives from Greek “mousike” which means art of the Muses. Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies. To many people in many cultures‚music is an important part of their way of life. With 20th-century‚rock music‚electronic music and R&B music are become popular for teenagers. Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in 1950s
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How popular culture repeats itself No one can argue that many trends make a comeback over the years (styleflair.com). Popular culture recycles itself‚ and many old‚ and sometimes forgotten trends return to the present. Taking a look at the past trends can show us how they are prevalent in today’s popular culture. It is evident when one takes a look into the past that there are many repeats in fashion‚ music and fads. There is really no specific time frame that is followed when trends make their
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Popular culture is affected by American film and television show because it showcases an image of how Americans wants to perceives their own society’s values and dreams. It also reinforces stereotypes by only showing certain types of characters for their specific race‚ class‚ or gender. The effect it has includes how society views itself and what is acceptable whether the entertainment that is shown is positive and informative or crude and distasteful. Such behavior in the latter can be viewed through
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extent is popular music an effective medium of political discourse? It is almost impossible to imagine a life without music. We listen to music for various reasons but most of us listen to it for one simple reason: entertainment. Rhythm and the melody give us great pleasure. Even sometimes we think that certain songs describes our lives and us. When we think deeper about music and its impacts in social life‚ we realize that music has more functions than entertaining people. Music has been used
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The History of Basketball Basketball has been a part of American pastime throughout the many generations‚ but it wasn’t always loved and accepted by the American people. Throughout the many challenges that the game of basketball faced it still overcame adversity and turned into something so beautiful and successful. The evolution of American basketball can be read as a "text" to reveal the character of American popular culture during the 20th century. Through an analysis of the history of basketball
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majority of African-Americans and other ethnicities. With their politically and racially charged lyrics‚ they amassed millions of fans in the United States and across the globe. In this essay‚ I hope to elaborate and argue about their somewhat controversial music that united an ample black audience under the common theme of black power and the fight to completely end racial oppression. Rap and hip hop music‚ both have been related and linked to black music but has the term ‘black music’ been used correctly
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