“Oppan Gangnam Style”‚ it is understood that at least one person will dance his heart out. But before everyone was inflicted by the Gangnam Style virus‚ an impressive amount of people has already caught this so called K-pop (Korean pop or Korean popular music) pandemic. K-pop going global was a concealed phenomenon to the majority of people. But on the last decade‚ the world started to give K-pop a chance. On June 1‚ 2002‚ the French daily Le Monde ran a feature story on female Korean singer BoA
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River Steinberg Fandom in Popular Culture Everyone is a fan of something. Whether it’s a sports team‚ celebrity‚ or television show there is at least one thing that a person enjoys to partake in‚ talk about‚ etc. Yet when does becoming too much of a fan – or a fanatic – become a problem? This question raises concern because recently many different fan bases or fandoms of certain movies‚ books‚ etc. have been criticized over the last decades due to their extreme dedication and obsession. Some people
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Music has affected the lives of youth into their adulthoods from their conception. The popular genres of today’s music test their audience’s innocence and willingness to buy into the lyrics‚ which are written to explain of a daily life that has digressed into drug use‚ sexual behavior‚ violence‚ and racial slurs. “We Are Young”‚ Fun’s current number one single on the Billboard Charts‚ idolizes the essence of being young in a bright ballad. The chorus “We Are Young/ So let’s set the world on fire”
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critical 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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POPULAR CULTURE AND ITS EFFECT ON SOCIETY Despite many progressive changes in our society‚ racism is still a major issue. Younger generations are exposed to racism through popular culture. Michael Omi and bell hooks both wrote pieces discussing the effects of popular culture on peoples’ views of race. Omi and hooks both argue that popular culture is responsible for reproducing stereotypes; Omi claims that racism goes unnoticed by society because it is a subconscious act or learned behavior and
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Davis‚ Jamestown is the founding spot of American music. Yet compositions were not conceived until the early eighteenth century with the musical compositions by the drastically differing composers‚ Billings and Hopkinson. Francis Hopkinson was a popular composer of the time but does not change or influence music in society of today. William Billings is an original composer‚ writing from the heart‚ appealing to all classes and very influential in the furthering of "American" music. The venues playing
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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 to notice. Other trends that are more recognizable‚ however‚ are dining out‚ healthy living‚ and the ever growing popularity of the already-popular. These trends have incorporated themselves in this society’s lifestyle with the help of mass media
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and the queer population has gained an overwhelming acceptance. He is the first male mainstream hip-hop artist who has rapped positively about homosexuality. More and more pro-gay artist are coming out in support of the gay community. Proving that popular culture can turn the tide of peoples use of derogative comments‚ opinions and challenge our ways of thinking in regards to our gay community. He says ‘he simply enjoys writing songs that get people thinking’. Many of the lyrics in the song ‘Same
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Documenting Sources Elizabeth Estrada COM/150 12/1/12 SOURCES: 1.) "The inspiration really was Advertising Week‚ we love advertising and popular culture‚ and we wanted to build a community of people to share their thoughts about pop culture.” (McCale‚ 2004) 2.) According to Lucinda Waltrous‚ “Advertising began in 1841 by Volney B. Palmer‚ it wasn ’t until the 20th century that advertising agencies began to offer a full spectrum of services ranging from branding
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surrounding difference and power‚ particularly whose agendas establish the terms of representational practice‚ and how images are used and understood. Emphasis is placed on a critical engagement with the role and impact of a variety of visual forms of popular culture and mainstream media‚ particularly the stories they tell us about the historical moments and cultures in which they are produced. The course provides interdisciplinary perspectives on the politics of representation and draws on theoretical
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