Pop Culture in the Global Context "A long time ago in a galaxy far‚ far away" is a phrase that has been translated into hundreds of languages all over the world. Star Wars is an influential science fantasy saga and fictional universe created by writer‚ producer‚ and director George Lucas in the early 1970s. In 2005‚ Forbes Magazine estimated the overall revenue generated by the entire Star Wars franchise‚ over the course of its 28-year history‚ at nearly $20 billion‚ easily making it one of the
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Pop culture is commonly defined as: modern popular culture transmitted via mass media and aimed particularly at younger people. Generations and decades all have different pop cultures‚ some more influencing than others but something very unique about my generation is that pop culture seems to have taken over it. Social media is how a person in the most recent generation expresses their identity as a whole‚ to others‚ and in some ways to themselves. Pop culture can touch on issues such as race‚ ethnicity
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Pop culture and academia—do they sound awkward in the same sentence? Depending on one’s interest‚ they will find either pop culture or academia a lot more entertaining and appealing over the other. However‚ just because they sound dreary together‚ this does not mean they actually are. Perhaps‚ only conducting an academic study on pop culture will provide an answer. After all‚ scholars studying a new topic‚ and pop culture getting extra attention is normal. Therefore‚ academically studying pop culture
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In addition to changing Canadian mentality ‚ Hippies have created an era of pop culture and lifestyle that has been carried into present times . During the early 60’s ‚ many Hippies migrated to rural areas of Canada and lived off the land as a way to get in touch with nature . For those who could not afford to live in remote locations ‚ communal living was the next best option as many Hippies were homeless and could only live comfortably by sharing with others . Communal living was the most preferred
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In the 1960s‚ material objects and consumer goods crept into the world of art as never before. The presence of well-known corporate symbols and mass-produced goods in modern art reflected the commercialization of popular culture. This was known as Pop Art. While it is certainly the art movement most famous for it’s materialism it is not infact the first time that philosophy and ideas that centred around materialistic views were apparent. Without meaning and philosophy there is no art‚ if someone
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The Influence of Pop Culture on Teenagers Pop culture has existed and influenced people since the beginning of time. It has affected teenagers the most. In the time people are figuring out who they are and what they wish to do for the rest of their life they are very vulnerable. They can be easily influenced by the music they listen to‚ the television they watch‚ and the celebrities they see. In today’s society‚ pop culture’s influence on teenagers is mostly negative. Some of the music teenagers
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Popular Culture and Sports in American Society Introduction Communities in many parts of the world proudly associated themselves with cultural‚ traditional and social practices that were founded by pioneers‚ which was an effort to establish identity and can be identified from the rest of the communities. Popular culture‚ also referred to as pop culture‚ is one of these traditions that managed to survived the test of times to influence the various aspects of life of the twenty first-generation
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Canadian pop culture plays a big part in our everyday lives. We may not notice that Canadian pop culture even exist‚ however media revolves all around us. The type of content that I enjoy is listening to Indie/Alternative music and I enjoy wanting lifestyle videos such as The 1975 and watching lifestyle videos on youtube. The type of content I watch/listen are not Candian content‚ but instead they are produced in the United States. This seems to be the issue for most people because Canadian Content
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Confession of a Pop-Culture addict I am rebellious. Now that I have your attention‚ I’d like to come to my topic about the ascendancy and deprivation that pop culture has made; first of all‚ I believe that pop culture is a reflection of social change‚ and not the cause of social change. I say this because many researchers have come across the question “how would teens react to a certain show?” “How much power does popular culture truly have?” Media seems to be perceived as the problem in every
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American Pop Culture Michelle Lilier University of Phoenix SOC/105 Robert Legaspi 29 January 2007 American Pop Culture American pop culture today is McDonald’s‚ Starbucks‚ finding a potential significant other on online dating sites‚ conversations via cell phones but with the use of fingers and not voice‚ the highly anticipated Super Bowl games and more interest in American Idol than politics. The given examples are just a few of today’s popular culture all too common to the average person
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