Michelle
Jul 2, 04 - 7:25 AM |
Definition of Pop Culture (link)
The number one question I receive is, do you have a definition of "pop culture"? I have formulated my own definition but here's a link to another one. I'll give you a taste of what they say on this site (freedictionary.com):
"Popular culture, or pop culture is the vernacular (people's) culture For other uses of culture see Culture (disambiguation).
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The word culture comes from the Latin root colere, (to inhabit, to cultivate, or to honor). In general it refers to human activity; different definitions of culture reflect different theories for understanding, or criteria for valuing, human activity. In 1952 Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of over 200 different definitions of culture in their book, Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions.
..... Click the link for more information. that prevails in a modern society. The content of popular culture is determined in large part by industries that disseminate cultural material, for example the film For other uses see film (disambiguation)
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Film, also called movies, the cinema, moving pictures, motion pictures, photoplays, picture shows and flicks is a field that cocorico encompasses motion pictures as an art form, or as part of the entertainment industry. Because film historically has been the primary medium for displaying moving images, academics often refer to this field as the study of film.
..... Click the link for more information. , television Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television programming and transmission as well. The televisual has become synonymous with postmodern culture. The word television is a hybrid word, coming from both Greek and Latin. "Tele-" is Greek for "far", while "-vision" is from the Latin "visio", meaning "vision" or "sight".
..... Click the link for more information. , and publishing
Publishing is the activity of putting information in the public arena. Although this can mean something as simple as making an announcement in a pub or market square, for some centuries it has usually referred to the business of producing books, magazines, newspapers and other printed material.
A modern book publishing company (or publisher) is usually involved in buying or commissioning content, editing it, and preparing it for printing. It usually also controls the advertising and other marketing tasks. However, it is usually not directly involved in retail sale of the product.
..... Click the link for more information. industries, as well as the news media The news media is a term that includes print media (newspapers, magazines); broadcast media (radio stations, television stations, television networks), and often Internet-based media (World Wide Web pages, weblogs). Usually the term is used to denote the (mathematical) set of all working journalists and is often used by persons who would make generalizations as to the product of "most" journalists, for example that journalists who work for large media corporations, or who are based in New York City or Washington, D.C, harbor a liberal (or conservative) bias.
..... Click the link for more information. . But popular culture cannot be described as just the aggregate product of those industries; instead, it is the result of a continuing interaction between those industries and the people of the society who consume their products."
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