Definiton: Fad - A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time. - becomes popular‚ is adopted‚ peaks and declines quickly when you least expect it. Why fads are crap? 1. They don’t last forever. 2. They are costly and expensive - therefore‚ no sense of investment. 3. Once something new is introduced‚ the Fad dies. And you move on. Just like that. 4. You end up forgetting it ever existed. But there’s gotta be something beyond the box of crap in your basement containing Furby’s
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deliberately showing everyone their long legs and almost half of their breasts. This shows they now have different perspective on women’s prettiness. 2) How does the media uses one’s sexuality‚ nudity and k-pop to advertise? After watching more than 10 popular music videos and 10 commercials in Korea‚ I have a deeper understand of how the media advertise their products. Firstly‚ I have discovered that they always add some sexy materials in the music videos. For example‚ Hyuna‚ a famous Korean pop star always
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What we know of today as "pop" or popular music evolved in American society over many‚ many decades. Pop music‚ which accounts for the majority of the music on today’s charts‚ is an eclectic mix of many different styles of music--from jazz to country; rock and roll to rap; be-bop to hip-hop. Pop artists such as Britney Spears‚ Justin Timberlake‚ Outkast‚ Madonna‚ Maxwell‚ and others routinely blur the lines of these musical genres with their award-winning tunes. These artists push the boundaries
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which distinguish one piece from another. * a) true * b) false 6) The _____________________ of the United States include western European classical music‚ folk music‚ popular music‚ jazz‚ blues‚ and various ethnic music evolving from a blending of cultures in this country. * a) classical music * b) popular music * c) musical traditions 7) The primary factor in the development of America’s cultural mainstream was the predominance of _______________ in North America in
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Making Culture: Representing the Poor In the essay‚ “Seeing and Making Culture: Representing the Poor” written by Hooks‚ the author addresses on how the society represents‚ and displays poverty through false assumptions made by the higher class popular culture‚ and media representations . Hooks uses her own personal experiences to connect with her readers‚ about the issue on poverty. Also adding to that‚ she references to a black philosopher‚ named Cornel West‚ from whom she learned the difference
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matter and dark energy‚ only insofar as paranormal phenomena are inconsistent with the world as already understood through empirical observation coupled with scientific methodology.[5] Thousands of stories relating to paranormal phenomena are found in popular culture‚ folklore‚ and the recollections of individual subjects.[6] In contrast‚ the scientific community‚ as referenced
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can be discussed. Lawyers: better in the abstract than in person? Maybe. Studies indicate that people think less of lawyers after consulting one than they did before. Why? Because real-life lawyers cannot measure up to the models portrayed in popular culture such as movies and television‚ says David R. Papke‚ the R. Bruce Townsend Professor of law and professor of liberal arts at IUPUI. Papke is nationally recognized as an expert on the portrayal of the legal profession in the visual media. The
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influence social and political behavior‚ resulting in culture and popular trends‚ instead of natural forces‚ that guide us. For the conservatives residing in our great nation‚ the mere presence of this semiotic theory is virtually unbearable. However‚ when examined at a closer range these thoughts become vivid and clear- even our precious notion of personal choice is clearly a subjective distortion of the media’s influential opinion. Popular culture has been transforming itself furiously for the better
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television. By 1950‚ the majority of American families had television sets‚ so advertising on television helped to create a common mass-consumer market. The depictions of ideal family settings in television programming enticed viewers to purchase similar items and to behave in similar ways‚ so as to be like the characters on the screen. Glimpses of exotic domestic and foreign locations on the screen helped to alter the vacation patterns of the population‚ leading to increased spending on leisure. While
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APUSH Essay Question: To what extent did changes in popular culture‚ such as the growth of the popular press and increased leisure time and sports activities‚ reflect the changes in American society from 1865 to 1900? Changes in popular culture‚ such as the growth of the popular press and increased leisure time and sports activities‚ reflect the changes in American society from 1865 to 1900. Between 1865 and 1900
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