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    Pop culture is transmitted via the mass media and aimed particularly at younger people. Pop culture can be expressed through many different ways such as fashion‚ music‚ television‚ movies‚ cars and sports. Pop culture was targeted at teens for many reasons. These reasons were that teens cared how they appeared and were influenced by the images and looks. After World War 2 finished‚ improvements to entertainment started to happen this gave people more ideas and new trends. To understand pop culture

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    Star_Wars_4:_A_New_Hope vs. The_Odyssey The Odyssey and Star Wars are two great examples of epics.   Both the stories fulfill the epic hero cycle to the fullest.   In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus is the hero‚ he goes to Troy to fight a war and gets lost at sea for 20 years.   In Star Wars Luke is the hero‚ he gets introduced to the rebel force that is trying to ensure the safety of their universe.   The Odyssey and Star Wars follow the same basic cycle.   Both adventures show hard challenging tasks

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    contribution to modern pop culture. Both parties play a large role in many lives around the world‚ especially those in America. The characters are well-known mascots for their respective companies‚ Mickey to Disney and Ronald to McDonald’s. Another similarity that they both share is that they both contribute to blind populations from dark and or events around the world. Using entertainment as their weapon‚ mascots representing their companies brush social movements‚ wars‚ and other events outside

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    Pop Culture in Academic Classrooms In discussions of the academic classroom‚ one controversial issue has been the incorporation of popular culture in a scholarly style. On the one hand‚ Gerald Graff‚ an English professor who has been teaching for several years at the University of Illinois in Chicago‚ argues that “street smarts‚” which can relate to popular culture‚ have educational value and can help young students show and develop their intellectualism. On the other hand‚ Mark Bauerlein‚ an English

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    American consumption and advertisement What is pop culture? According to the book Signs of Life in USA Pop culture is a shortening of the phrase “popular culture.” The book defined pop culture as a collection of thoughts‚ ideas‚ attitudes‚ perspectives‚ and images of how people preferred by the mainstream population and also pop culture changes within the youth of the world. In todays society‚ there are many effects of popular culture on American consumption and advertisements which consider the

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    Pop culture and society Przemysław Dworzyński Pop culture‚ or popular culture is by dictionary defined as “cultural activities or commercial products reflecting‚ suited to‚ or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people”. The term “popular culture” came into existence in the 19th century or earlier. Traditionally‚ the term has meant the education and general cultural awareness of the lower classes‚ as opposed to the "official culture". The stress in the distinction from

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    Abstract Western pop culture has been a phenomenon that it has influenced every aspect of society. In this paper I looked into how it has affected a third world country such as the Philippines‚ how pop culture has changed the country and its people. I find that some of the changes were for the better and some changes had a negative impact. Influences of Western Pop Culture Culture and traditions are significant in countries like Philippines‚ which has always cherished its rich heritage and

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    Media has changed the perspective of it’s audience of different cultures and political problems. Early movies and even books that portrayed cowboys and Indians‚ disguised the cowboy as a hero and the Indian as a savage‚ both were portrayed incorrectly by the media by what actually happened historically. Bringing this idea back to the present it is still seen but replace cowboys with the average American citizen or soldier and the Native American with an Arab or Muslim. “As paranoid‚ oversensitive

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    Jamie Moran May 8th‚ 2017 Analytic Essay Professor Shaw Substance Use by Teenagers and the Influence of Popular Culture: Symbolic Interaction and Social Learning Perspective According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA‚2014)‚ by the time an adolescent is a high school senior they have tried some type of substance. The NIDA states‚ that 70 percent of the high school population has tried alcohol‚ 40 percent will have smoked a cigarette‚ and more than 20 percent will have used a prescription

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    American Gladiators Imagine being in the ancient Roman era. Life then was a lot like American life. The Roman era was tainted with bloody battles‚ bibulous gatherings‚ and women; alike the modern day wrestling‚ NASCAR‚ and prostitutes in which can easily be accessed. Entertainment‚ during the Roman era‚ included gladiators fighting to the finish. While thousands crowded around to watch‚ the intensity builds up. Like the Romans‚ Americans now sit in front of a television set and watch shows

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