factors that influence the decisions made. This paper will include a personal documentation on interactions on popular culture. In addition‚ this paper will cover what culture and popular culture are; three major trends in popular American culture and how does popular American culture affect personal decision making. Culture and popular culture Merriam-Webster (2012)‚ defines culture as the customary beliefs‚ social forms‚ and material traits of a racial‚ religious‚ or social group; also: the
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Culture can be viewed as the customs‚ arts and social interactions of a particular nation‚ people‚ or other social group (Yourdictionary.com‚ 2013) Popular culture is defined as “Cultural activities or commercial products reflecting‚ suited to‚ or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.” (Dictionary.com‚ 2013) Three major trends in popular American culture would be: Social networking‚ reality television‚ and technology. Social networking has changed how we do communicate‚ think and live
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American Popular Culture The difference between Americans and people from all over the world is that Americans work for a living‚ that strive that American society has to buy and consume everything that is need it and sometime not need it‚ has make the United States of America the top economy of the world‚ every company looking to expand their market through globalization has to reach the United States of America market to maximize financial gain. This privilege position the America has comes from
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Trends in Popular American Culture Maudie Mclaughlin University of Phoenix Soc 105 Trends in Popular American Culture The definition of culture was established years ago as traits that were passed down from generation to generation. Today‚ we understand culture as everything that takes place in a society. Popular culture can be defined as the culture of everyone in a society. Most of today’s popular culture is produced and disseminated through the mass-media. Popular culture influences what
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Popular culture is a vital component in the story of humanity where history warrants exploration. Human experience is hard to define without the many facets of human behaviour‚ revealed from popular culture‚ throughout history. “Having a fair go” and the great outdoors are pivotal aspects in the formation of what is define as Australian popular culture. Australia also defines itself by its Aboriginal heritage‚ innovative ideas and a thriving arts scene. But it is never mentioned or included how the
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Popular culture is everywhere‚ making it’s way into the everyday lives of individuals across the world. It is something that can hardly be ignored. Popular culture can be fun and bring enjoyment to a lot of people‚ however there is a downside. Popular culture is wide and varied‚ it contains a lot of information and ideas‚ and therefore should be looked at critically. The analysis of popular culture is useful and informative. Popular culture‚ or pop culture‚ is the general taste of the masses: the
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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 “Popular culture is the entirety of ideas‚ perspectives‚ attitudes‚ memes‚ images‚ and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture‚ especially western culture of the early to mid 20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st century.”(“Popular Culture.” Def. Wikipedia ) Today‚ people of all ages are consumers of popular culture. Popular culture is often misunderstood as “pop culture” or “low culture.” However‚ I believe that
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Popular American Culture Austin Gardner SOC/105 October 20‚ 2013 Matthew Szlapak Popular American Culture Popular culture surrounds us every day; when we go to the grocery store it’s there in the checkout line‚ on the car radio when you drive down the road‚ and on every webpage that we visit. Not only is popular culture everywhere around us‚ it influences nearly every decision that we make; from the television shows we watch‚ the cloths we wear‚ the food we eat‚ or even the cars we choose to drive
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Popular American Culture What is culture? Zimmerman (2012)‚ “culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ defined by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine‚ social habits‚ music and arts” (para. 1). We currently live in a society filled with many different nationalities therefore‚ creating many different cultural influences. There are many types of cultures that exist from Latin culture and American culture to popular culture. Prior to current research‚ I was oblivious
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