Popular culture studies

Nerd Culture In this essay I will explore the theory of hegemonic masculinities in relation to two texts, the first being the theoretical framework in the book chapter Understanding Men on Television (Lotz), then I will show how this theory of hegemonic masculinities plays out in Your Princess is in Another Castle; Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds (Chu). The ideas of hegemonic masculinities can be understood in relation to what it means to be apart of the dominant groups within nerd culture,…

Culture refers to the consumers’ beliefs, traditions, customs, norms, and values obtained from the family and other institutions in the society. This has a great influence in a consumers’ preference. Social aspects refer to the status and role of people in the society. For example, a manager and a construction worker have different needs. Similarly, the buying patterns of a housewife are different from that of a working mother. Personal factors include age, lifestyle, occupation, civil status,…

prefer to study abroad. And a number of international students in the U.S, which is the most attractive destination in the world, has increased 72 percent since 2000. As we know most of undergraduate and postgraduate tuitions are incredibly expensive. Moreover students have to not only afford the tuitions but also the expenditure of living, which make the budget of study abroad become higher. As a result, there is a popular topic that whether students should spend lots of money to study abroad.…

Epistemologies: Understanding Feminist Art, discusses the importance of female artists creating feminist artwork. This is because all through time, artwork has been created by men. When going about looking at this problem she referred to the reactions of popular feminist artists and their artwork and the criticism they received, such as Judy Chicago and her piece, “Dinner Party.” She received much negative attention from male critics about her art being poronographic whereas female critics…

are offered a chance to focus on a topic of choice, whether that be a time period or author, during an intensive period of study. They can also choose to pair their English major with a minor in education, literature, and even journalism. It is also common that English majors become involved with The Yellow Jacket, which is Randolph-Macon’s newspaper (“Academics,” n.d.). Study Abroad is also available for students during the January term or even for an entire semester. The courses that are…

Through an assortment of primary sources, he encourages researchers to consider aspects beyond gender identity to probe the impact of fashion as it relates to society. Although he challenges the field of study in this way, there exist other ways in which he can improve or further explain his argument. Cambridge University Press published an article by Marlis Schweitzer, titled Selling Style: Clothing and Social Change at the Turn of the Century (Review)…

Only few elites have the resources to acknowledge western cultures. Nevertheless, globalization made western way of life approach majority people in China. For instance, you can find simple English words on the street in China that was impossible 50 years ago. I personally think there are many reasons devoted to cultural assimilation. The three factors that contribute to cultural assimilation are: people sharing the same popular cultures, people can communicate through the Internet globally,…

Gender Bias and Media Literacy Society has always had a way of influencing the dos and don’ts and the rights from wrongs in our daily lives and therefore, people tend to tag along with what the media defines as popular as well as defining what specific genders should or shouldn’t do. Because of this influence, researchers are still debating on how the community lets the ‘specific’ part of society which is in majority known as the media, control their decisions and influence their actions. This…

together to reach a shared goal. This does not mean that each contributor acts individual, however each piece compliments the other piece of the puzzle. Burke wanted all the company’s assets to work together and not as individuals to reform their culture. I was very surprised about how large NBCUniversal is with all their divisions. I assumed that their cable network division was large however I was unaware that the film, parks and resort division was just as substantial. This information has…

of other emotions, one of those being fear. There are many leadership styles covering those that inspire to those that intimidate. Two main approaches to leadership are transactional, popular in the 1950s through the 1970s, and transformational, more recently noted (Ott, Parkes, & Simpson, 2008). Over the years, study of these approaches, and leadership in general, discuss giving orders (Follett, 1926), functions of leaders (Barnard, 1984), the Contingency Model (Fiedler, 1966), what makes a…