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production of Culture:
Interactionist Approach
Interaction among people, creates culture, culture is transmitted by repeated expression and socialization
Production of Culture:
Production of Culture Approach
looks less at interactions and more at the organization of producers/consumers, markets etc.

Grounded in organizational and economic sociology
Art World
network of people whose cooperative activity produces art
extensive division of labor w/in art world
Core and Periphery
necessary for something to be considered artistic, usually associated with the artist
Periphery
activities that are seen as not as important in producing the art
Conventions
a common practice structured through agreement, people use their special art knowledge there
Relationship artists to art World:
Intergrated professional
someone with a profession in the art world
Relationship artists to art world:
Maverick
previous engagement want more innovation
Relationship artists to art world:
Folk Artists
Art that is done in the ordinary life
Naive Artists
They do not have any knowledge of the convention in the art world, they use unconventional material
Origin of Talk Shows
radio programs, tablooids, true confession genre, carnival shows,

The Donahue show: eliminated the host desk, opening monologue, guests on stage, he roamed the audience, phone in, changes of content
Origin of Talk Shows Cont.
oprah and geraldo come into play,
focused on emotion , 90s proliferation, more sensational topics, ordinary are now the stars and experts
Classy
serious focus, more restrained style, and execution
Trashy
focus on interpersonal conflict in service of on air confrontation
Money Shot
moment of letting go, losing control, hall mark of genre, control to claims of authenticity
Hunting
searching for the right people to be on a show, some producers use lexis nexis
Blind Date
extensive pre interview before the show ...they try to gauge and make sure guests are completely honest so on and so forth
Maintenance Work
Producers have frequent follow up conversations to iron the exact details of the narrative and to get a sense of how the show will unfold on the air
Fluffing
Coaching the guest behind stage, preparing them for the show
Emotion Work
The process of managing feelings to create a publicly observable display of emotion
condition Emotioning
Surface acting a change in body language, tone of voice, facial expression,
Deep Acting
an intentional, self induced change in feeling itself
Guest Motivations:
Evangelicals
want to change the world, national world
Guest Motivations:
Moths
15 minutes of fame
Guest Motivations
Plaintiffs
plead case
Guests Motivations
Marketers
publicize their own book, hawk - business
Markets
are constructed by producers to make consumer tastes understandable
Industry Structure
The number of firms and their relative size
Small competing firms
produce innovative products
oligarchic system
produces standardized products
open oligarchic system
system of large firms with autonomous divisions
craftsman
those who are concerned with gaining recognition from fellow craftsmen
showmen
those concerned with about appealing and pleasing audiences
entrepreneurs
sense an unmet demand and try to bring together financing, marketing, and distributing in unique ways
functionaries
those who fill bureaucratic organizations, while providing continuity for the music industry
Reception
the meaning drawn from cultural objects
mass culture theory
audiences as passive, powerless, recipients of content
audience controlled by fantasy
whatever meaning is in the cultural object transmitted directly to the consumer
Active Audience Theory
audiences are not cultural dopes, but are active producers of meaning

meanings bounded by context of consumption

audiences are easily able to distinguish between fiction and reality
encoding
meanings attached to objects by products
decoding
making sense of econded meanings by consumers
dominant reading
oppositional
negotiated
understands the authors intent
Textual Poaching
when audiences takes a cultural object and manipulates it to tell stories or express ideologies different from original meaning
cultural capitol
familiarity with high culture
cultural capital and class structure
cultural capitol preserves and reproduces the class structure
access, solidarity
culture can be a power source
working class
accomplishment of natural growth
homology argument
culture patterns align with specific occupations and class fractions

upper class taste for freedom
individualizations
cultural patters are no longer determined by class, importance of gender, race, and religion,
proliferation of images
omnivore
those in high status groups consumer a variety of culture

high class dont like heavy metal, rap, gospel, or country music
univore
those in low status groups mainly consume just a few types of culture
sex
physical characteristics
gender
societies rules about masculinity and feminity
gender variation
varies from culture to cultue
changes over time
varies of the course of life
masculinity
is a performance, constructed vision of manhood
women
protected, emotinoal, nurturing, hormones are in check
intersectionality
study of multiple, dimension of social life, specifically race, class, and gender
fan stereotypes
brainless, devoted to worthless knowledge, social misfits