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    Throughout history there has always been a defining pop-culture moment or moments. Billy Joel’s song and video “We Didn’t Start the Fire” encapsulates the events starting at the end of the 1940’s through the 1980’s. The chorus, “We didn’t start the fire. It was always burning since the world’s been turning. We didn’t start the fire. No, we didn’t light it, but we tried to fight it.” (Joel) sets the premise of the video. The lyrics in the song are rapid fire historical moments while the video…

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    definition of the Popular Culture and its use in education. This is made to prove that Popular Culture is an essential and effective tool that can be used by educators in teaching because of its effectiveness not only in getting the attention of the learners…

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    Australian Popular Culture

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    Popular culture deals with people's lifestyle, attitudes and activities that are prevailing in a given society. Post World War II in Australia for some it was a time of certainty, prosperity, rising income, improved lifestyle. For others, it was a decade of oppression, censorship, prejudice, discrimination, hatred. The 1950s and 1960s were the decades in which the horrors of war were forgotten, and Australia launched itself into a whole new era. This response will describe the changes in…

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    start of pop art, Warhol made an Americanized version of pop art. Warhol used art as a weapon to change the way fame and modern art became an everyday part of an average American life. Andy Warhol, the king of pop art, changed the way people view pop culture and modern art today and his explorations and encounters in pop art influenced the connection between the concept of fame and everyday Americans.…

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    societal problems. In other words, we’re using a book from 1818 to try to explain modern culture. Sure, author Mary Shelley included the word “modern” in her title, but I suspect that she didn’t anticipate that how would continue to be modern for roughly two centuries. Or has it? I would argue that there’s a vast difference between Shelley’s Frankenstein and the “Frankenstein” that is commonplace in popular culture.…

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    Superman Popular Culture

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    starts around 1930s, and comics effect American cultural a long time. In addition, World War II had a great impact on the comics. Comic books were very popular at that period and particularly superhero comics were better, because they were cheap and easy to carry. It was greatly welcome in the army (Rizzo). The superhero comic books are still popular today, many adults and children love them. Therefore, stores…

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    the masses has become significantly easier. In modern society today, pop culture has figuratively become the main source to how people choose to live their lives. From musicians to socialites and actors, the public turns to the hottest figures in media to understand the latest trends, moral issues and even political standpoints. The influence may seem innocent to the regular citizen, but most personalities in pop culture are strictly controlled to adhere to the unknowing consumer. Through the…

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    against pop culture and it’s ability to be scholastic. Many educators think that there is no place for pop culture in the classroom. Some view that today’s pop culture is foreign to them or it has changed from when they were younger. But in reality pop culture hasn 't changed drastically, it is still all contemporary popular culture that is spread through mass media. What has changed is, that today it seems there is an abundance of pop culture available. By having this abundance of pop…

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    When examining popular culture in society, it’s safe to say that it pervades a person’s life in different manners with different effects. In America, popular culture can be used as an outlet for assimilation and integration into society, especially by immigrants who are just arriving to this country. This is evident through my parents, who arrived from both Colombia and Peru in the 1980s, having no knowledge of what American culture nor American popular culture was. Throughout the last 20 years,…

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    Essay On Hippie Culture

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    trending. We will start off in the 60’s where the emergence of hippie culture occurred. During the 1960’s The Cold War was happening and people were very tense and scared due to the threat of nuclear warfare. This tension lead to people trying to relax and be less worried, which allowed hippie culture to rapidly expand and become mainstream. The laid back nature of hippie…

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