Conceptualising culture. Taking popular culture seriously. Fashion and culture: identity; structure and agency. Keywords: Culture‚ cultural context Conceptualising Culture Culture with a capital `C`: “the best that has been thought and said in the world” – Matthew Arnold Raymond Williams`s definition of culture: “Culture is ordinary”; “social definition of culture”: culture is a “whole way of life” (in contrast to Arnold’s aesthetic and elitist conception of Culture) “The analysis
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111G Study Guide Authors‚ Concepts‚ Key terms Raymond Williams Keywords Culture and Popular Culture- William discusses how culture is a very hard word to define and has a range of meanings. Primary meaning in the 15th century was husbandry‚ the tending of natural growth Culture- well-liked‚ well-favored‚ constantly changing Culture- a particular way of life of the people‚ period‚ group Three dimensions of culture Material Symbolic Political Popular- was originally a legal term and
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What’s Entertainment? Notes Toward a Definition Introduction Entertainment has been a part of all cultures‚ from the Chauvet Cave paintings to the iPad. For Rothman‚ it is “the storehouse of national values” (xviii). Perhaps nowhere is that observation more apt than in the United States‚ a nation that Gabler terms a “republic of entertainment” (11). Many Americans seem to feel entitled to high-quality entertainment (Zillmann and Vorderer viii)‚ and more and more entertainment jostles for their
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Television Viewing Affect Preschool Children’s Intake? Journal of the American Dietetic Association‚ 106‚ 598-600. Grossberg‚ Lawrence‚ Wartella‚ Ellen‚ Whitney‚ D. Charles‚ & Wise‚ J. Macgregor. (2006). Media Making Mass Media in a Popular Culture. Thousand Oakes: SAGE Publications. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (2004). The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity. Retrieved October 28‚ 2009‚ from www.kff.org/entmedia/.../The-Role-Of-Media- in-Childhood-Obesity.pdf Peregrin‚ Tony Schneider
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priority in many Chinese high schools. Studying hard is a common phenomenon in many competitive schools. Because of the pressure of college entrance exam‚ although study culture varies from schools‚ academic performance is always regarded as priority. My high school is regarded the best school in Suzhou‚ China. Top students filter into the school through tough exams. Being popular in that scenario is simple: you behave well academically. It is the prevailing culture in my high school that popularity
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CREATIVE TEACHING: DESIGNING RELEVANT INSTRUCTION Summer Mullen EDU692: Creativity Culture and Global Contexts in Education Decision Making Instructor: William Reeves June 22‚ 2015 I am the instructor of a kindergarten classroom here at Bandini Elementary school. My students are between the ranges of five and six years of age. The subject in which I teach is music and dance performance. Previously I have just taught the basic of music and dancing but I have been observing my students
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for the presence of the target culture in the textbook... a. Does the textbook present mostly “Culture” or mostly “culture” or a good balance of both? Give examples. As far as I noticed the textbook presents more Culture than culture. This might be justified by the fact that it is easier for students with a limited knowledge of a language to understand complex issues or cultural information within a broader background. On the other hand‚ culture is taught for example in Chapter
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both on the shaping of the culture and also on the reflection of culture. It is really difficult to make the exact definition of culture but briefly it can be said that culture is the everything that surrounds people; how they are grown up‚ how they wear‚ how they think on exact topics etc. And movies can be very effective on the people of a culture that they can both impose different ideas to people and change the mindset of people and also be very critical about the culture. David Fincher’s movie
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introduction to popular culture in Hong Kong. Students will learn to assess for themselves the form‚ meaning and significance of popular culture‚ as well as to analyse the formation of cultural and social identity of Hong Kong people through concrete case studies. Students will study popular culture as something more than leisurely entertainment: it is a cultural process already inscribed in relations of power. Students will be asked to analyse the politics of Hong Kong popular culture in its particular
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When I Grow Up: An Analytical Study of the Interpretations of Children on Pop Culture Elements found in Selected TV Commercials “TV takes our children across the globe before parents give them permission to cross the streets.” - Joshua Meyrowitz BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Advertising is a form of mass communication strategy created to promote the purchase of a certain product‚ message‚ or service in the market. It carries the messages that come to you from the people who pay for the media (Biagi
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