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    Popular Culture of the 60s

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    Beatles‚ The Doors‚ Jimi Hendrix created revolution and evolution themes. The music was like Dalí‚ with many colors and revolutionary ways. The youth of today must go there to find themselves." – Carlos Santana [17] Popular music entered an era of "all hits"‚ as numerous artists released recordings‚ beginning in the 1950s‚ as 45-rpm "singles" (with another on the flip side)‚ and radio stations tended to play only the most popular of the wide variety of records being made. Also‚ bands tended to record

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    Sex in Popular Culture

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    As most Americans are aware‚ sex sells just about anything from Pepsi to Victoria’s Secret underwear. Perhaps the greatest argument of our time is the recent indictment of sex and violence on television. Political groups lined up to do battle over the salacious content on the television. Whether it’s graphic violence‚ or steamy sex‚ the widest held opinion is that television in the last 10 years has increased the presence of violent criminals in America. Controversy erupted because of the amount

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    Baseball Popular Culture

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    Baseball and American Popular Culture Baseball is an integral part of American pop culture. Many Americans grow up with baseball‚ playing it before they can even count all the bases. It is glorified‚ taught‚ and fed to us. When we play baseball‚ we find a respect for the game. The respect we gain from playing it has turned the game into a tradition of American culture. It has formed itself into the business of professional baseball‚ namely major league baseball. Professional players have become

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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 CulturePopular 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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    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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    What Is Popular Culture?

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    Before I define the word popular culture‚ I would like to breakdown both word. The word popular means liked‚ admired or enjoyed by many people or a particular person or group. As for the word culture means the arts and others manifestations of human intellectual achievements regarding collectively. Now to give my personal definition of the meaning “popular culture” would go like this. Many things that are liked and praised upon in the culture/generation that we currently live in. When time changes

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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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    not the same as gender identity.” Kilbourne “Toxic Cultural Environment” - Franz Boas “Cultural Pluralism” ← The proliferation of multiple cultures within one location‚ leading to greater diversity ← Potential to create respect for cultural difference ← More tv stations/programs that cater to minority cultures and religions

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    Folk and Popular culture

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    Folk and Popular Cultures 1950’s and 60s I love Lucy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7OkZrvSLcM In this episode it doesn’t really show any type of entertainment. They are spending time together and at the end playing some drums. For the outfits the women are all wearing vintage dresses. The Men are wearing are wearing suits and slacks. The little boy is dressed up nicely for a little boy. Slicked back hair. Using lots of hand expressions to speak. 1970’s The Brady Bunch: They are playing

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