3.1.3
Popular Culture
Popular Culture
Popular Culture
There is a weakening of the distinction between high and low/mass/popular culture.
Popular culture
Popular culture
- The term popular culture is often used to refer to mass culture and includes most elements of mass culture but in a more positive way.
- Popular culture includes products drawn from high cultures, such as film adaptations of classic literature or the mass reproduction of fine art or street art by artists such as Banksy.
The weakening distinction
The weakening distinction
- Postmodernists (e.g. Strinati) have argued that the distinction between these different types of culture is weakening and disappearing, and suggest a number of factors as to why this might be the case.
- Due to modern technology (e.g. new media and the Internet), mass markets and global travel, people are now able to consume a variety of cultural forms without having to visit specialist institutions.
Commercialising high culture
Commercialising high culture
- High culture has become popularised and commercialised.
- High culture institutions such as museums and art galleries have been forced to make high culture more enticing to the general public due to financial constraints.
Choice
Choice
- High culture has now become part of popular culture with respect to Hollywood movies, classical movies used in video games, advertising and the popularisation of artists such as Andy Warhol and Banksy.
- People now have greater access to and choose between all forms of culture and often select a pick ‘n’ mix of different forms.
1Theory & Methods
1.1Sociological Theories
1.2Sociological Methods
2Education with Methods in Context
2.1Role & Function of the Education System
2.2Educational Achievement
2.3Relationships & Processes Within Schools
3Option 1: Culture & Identity
3.1Conceptions of Culture
3.2Identity & Socialisation
3.3Social Identity
3.4Production, Consumption & Globalisation
4Option 1: Families & Households
4.1Families & Households
4.2Changing Patterns
4.3The Symmetrical Family
4.4Children & Childhood
5Option 1: Health
5.1Social Constructions
5.2Social Distribution of Healthcare
5.3Provision & Access to Healthcare
5.4Mental Health
6Option 1: Work, Poverty & Welfare
6.1Poverty & Wealth
7Option 2: Beliefs in Society
7.1Ideology, Science & Religion
7.2Religious Movements
7.3Society & Religion
8Option 2: Global Development
8.1Development, Underdevelopment & Global Inequality
8.2Globalisation & Global Organisations
8.3Aid, Trade, Industrialisation, Urbanisation
9Option 2: The Media
9.1Contemporary Media
9.2Media Representations
10Crime & Deviance
10.1Crime & Society
10.2Social Distribution of Crime
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1Theory & Methods
1.1Sociological Theories
1.2Sociological Methods
2Education with Methods in Context
2.1Role & Function of the Education System
2.2Educational Achievement
2.3Relationships & Processes Within Schools
3Option 1: Culture & Identity
3.1Conceptions of Culture
3.2Identity & Socialisation
3.3Social Identity
3.4Production, Consumption & Globalisation
4Option 1: Families & Households
4.1Families & Households
4.2Changing Patterns
4.3The Symmetrical Family
4.4Children & Childhood
5Option 1: Health
5.1Social Constructions
5.2Social Distribution of Healthcare
5.3Provision & Access to Healthcare
5.4Mental Health
6Option 1: Work, Poverty & Welfare
6.1Poverty & Wealth
7Option 2: Beliefs in Society
7.1Ideology, Science & Religion
7.2Religious Movements
7.3Society & Religion
8Option 2: Global Development
8.1Development, Underdevelopment & Global Inequality
8.2Globalisation & Global Organisations
8.3Aid, Trade, Industrialisation, Urbanisation
9Option 2: The Media
9.1Contemporary Media
9.2Media Representations
10Crime & Deviance
10.1Crime & Society
10.2Social Distribution of Crime
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