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High Culture

- understood and practiced by elite group in


society : upper class




seen as good taste and quality






requires education to understand




has aesthetic value




e.g classical music, shakespeare, lobster, educational holidays

Pop Culture

-understood and practiced by the masses in


society




seen as popular taste, standard quality




seen as lacking aesthetic value




e.g hip-hop, teen novels, reality tv, pizza, fast food

Consumer Culture

Pakulski & Waters - people find their identity by what products they buy rather than the job they do.




Lury - shopping as a leisure activity and going in to debt because of this is seen as normal




e.g gucci, mercedes

Global Culture

Countries being more linked around the wold.




e.g Political - EU, UN


Cultural - Food, Film, Music, Language


Economic - McDonalds, HSBC,Airlines




Deemed to be reading national identity




Giddens - reverse colonialism; meaning cultural norms and values from non-Western societies are changing - not just americanisation

Primary Socialisation

Basic rules of society learnt from our families or at a young age e.g table manners, language

Secondary Socialisation

The learning afterwards, usually the when you start school where you enter new situations




e.g getting a job

Agents Of Socialisation

1. The Family




2. Mass Media




3. Peer Groups




4. Education




5. Religion




6. Work

Nature vs Nurture

Nature - biological, DNA




Nurture - Environment, Up bringing, Learned


behaviour




e.g Men commit higher amounts of violent crime than women




Nature - men have more testosterone


Nurture - culture makes men more violent i.e


media



Social Control

Formal - refers to controla and punishment because it's illegal behaviour




e.g Lynching, Jailing,




Informal - control of deviance in society, breaking rules that are not written set rules




e.g being ignored by your peer group , receiving a sarcastic reaction