1. Explore three values that are central to American culture. • What are the three values you would like to explore? Your Answer: When I consider qualities‚ the three I feel are most essential to American society are a success‚ flexibility‚ and independence these are the qualities I might want to explore. • Why are these important to us? Your Answer: Success is important to us because it ensures that we can take care of our families. Flexibility is important to us because without flexibility we would
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The “American Idol” show has been aired for the past ten years and has gained audiences from various countries. Analyse the “Idol” phenomenon using the political economy approach in popular culture. You would need to explain the political economy approach and your understanding of the theories in addition to applying it to the case study. The American Idol show – a form of popular culture - drew more than 30 million audiences an episode‚ and although over the years‚ overall viewership declined
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such as television and the internet‚ have globalised into an internationally recognised franchise. By definition‚ a popular culture has four characteristics; they are associated with commercial products‚ develop from a local to international scale‚ allow consumers to have widespread access to it‚ and are constantly changing and evolving. The Wiggles can be classified as a popular culture due to its conforming to these characteristics. The group conforms to these characteristics by having much associated
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Popular Culture Is Not The Devil Many people can agree that popular culture is invasive‚ but the opinions differ on how invasive it actually is and whether it is harmful or beneficial. In David Denby’s Buried Alive: Our Children and the Avalanche of Crud‚ he clearly states his opinion of popular culture and how it has invaded his home and the attitude of his children. The main source of popular culture according to Denby is the media‚ which has become “three-dimensional‚ inescapable‚ omnivorous
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American Values There are many values of American culture; three common ones that come to mind are freedom of religion‚ education‚ and family. The freedom to choose what religion you believe in or the career you want. Also to be able to choose what college you want to attend or what major you want to select. To be able to have the freedom to choose what religion you believe in is something society doesn’t think of every day. A lot of countries don’t have that value; to choose their religion like
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Gayathiri Ramasamy 13 July 2013 Analysis of Facebook as a Popular Culture Do you ever imagine one day we encounter the worldwide blackout just like in Revolution‚ an American post apocalyptic science fiction drama? There is no electricity‚ internet or computer. Can you survive without all this equipment? I believe more than fifty percent of people would say no. Especially in this so-called “E-World‚” we‚ humans‚ are too dependent on computers‚ internet and so on. As a regular social
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Outside of the battlefields‚ prostitution was widespread and ingrained in popular culture to such an extent that six of the fourteen Broadway theatres shared the same city blocks with a brothel during the Civil War. Meanwhile‚ the sexual double standard was quite apparent. Prostitutes were considered vile sinners‚ whereas men’s roles were often absolved. If someone was arrested for prostitution‚ it was generally the women who faced the harshest penalties while the men who paid for sex were usually
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was an attempt to create a new Southern society and heal the terrible wounds between the North and South. The three main goals of the Reconstruction were to "protect the rights of the freed slaves‚ rebuild the South ’s devastated economy‚ and enforce the loyalty of the ex-confederates . In spite of tremendous efforts‚ the Reconstruction Period failed to completely accomplish any of the three goals‚ but it was especially lacking in its attempts to make Blacks and whites equal and was a time of intense
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Native American religions and culture are very complex and that is largely due to the fact that there have been many Native American tribes. In this essay‚ I will focus on the largest most major religions and give an idea of the Native American culture and traditions. The first major Native American religion would be the Earth Lodge religion which originated in northern California and southern Oregon tribes such as the Wintun but then it reached tribes such as the Siletz‚ Achomawi and Shasta. It
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Popular Culture Before talking about popular culture I would like to talk about the word culture. It is probably one of the most complex words of the English language‚ having many different meanings defined by different people. One of many possible definitions of popular culture is that it is “a general process of intellectual‚ spiritual and aesthetic development”. The development of great artists‚ great poets and great philosophers is an embodiment of this definition. Another possible and much
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