SOC 202 Final: Popular Culture - complete course notes
30 Mar 2012
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It is hard to pin down as it is always changing shape, location, tasks/functions. Consists of products, texts and traditional, common practises, beliefs and ways of life. Informed by both commercial and high culture perspectives; the tensions between the two are fundamental to pop culture. Ubiquity (omnipresence) of pop culture it is everywhere. Identity to understand what affects/shapes who we are. Culture": broad understanding of society that is viewed as a way of life and everyday rituals/practises that define us both collectively and in distinct groups, and the meanings that people attach to these activities. Popular": defined through quantity of the everyday people (ratings, size of audiences) Convergence": when media products and services intersect, blurring the lines between mass and elite culture due to accessibility. Technical convergence digitization that changed the available transmission format, becoming the principle way of storing and delivering to customers.
