Popular Science

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Pop Art is a popular art movement that came from Britain in the mid 1950’s. It later came to the United States around the same time period. A lot of artists moved up into the pop art stage. For example Eduardo Paolozzi and Richard Hamilton were artists from Britain. United States pop artists were Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Pop art was often used back then in newspapers and magazines and advertising. This created a challenge to artists who used traditions of fine art because Pop art…

multicultural societies are viewed in society. Müller and Hermes explain how pop culture plays an important role in defining the role of multicultural societies in the media. Ultimately, Müller and Hermes finds relation between popular cultures and cultural citizenship and how popular culture helps to define the audience reactions to multicultural characters on television. Cultural citizenship is described as bringing strong emphasis on multicultural societies…

also another expression of lo popular (popular culture or working class culture)” (Martín-Barbero, 1995: 17). It is necessary to introduce here the nuances and fundamental differences between lo popular Martín Barbero talks about and the English idea of popular culture. As Scolari explains, “the conception of ‘popular’ culture in Latin America is completely different from the Anglo-American one. If traditional media studies in the United States homologated ‘popular’ and ‘mass’ culture (usually…

describe us, is often associated with southern food (such as grits, black-eyed peas, Mac and cheese) and is given the nickname “comfort food” compared to food from England (bread and butter pudding and “fish and chips”). In the United States, the popular sport football involves throwing of a brown oval shaped ball to another player, kicking the ball high enough in the air into the field goal, and/or running the ball past the final white lines to score a “touchdown”. Football anywhere else in the…

Since the terrorist attack of 9/11, the United States has gone through numerous changes within its government and the American society. After the attacks, citizens began to question the state of national security and their safety in the United States. On October 26, 2001, Congress passed the Patriot Act enabling law enforcement to use surveillance and conduct searches without an official warrant to help crack down on terrorism on the United States soil (CITATION). The Department of Homeland…

express their power as individuals, as well their rich cultural traditions. After the abolishment of slavery the freed Africans began hosting their own carnival celebrations in the streets that grew more and more elaborate which soon became more popular than the balls Today we have experienced the new creations of and in carnival it is like a mirror that reflects the faces of the many immigrants who came to this island it is such an important aspect of the life of the Trinidad people as it has…

enthusiast of anything, from sports, food to even fashion trends. That is to say, we use the term ‘fan’ loosely to describe our preferences towards something and anything. However, this usage is incorrect, as fans are actually specific recipients of popular culture. Fans are actually distinctive audience of various types of media, holding in-depth knowledge of the product and have continuous consumption of the said product (Siuda, 2010). In fact, fans are also described to be socially minded…

being different. Those who grow up within the era create stories from their experiences, along what they are known for today. In the 1970s and 1980s of Japan, there was a spike of crime to bring forth a new dawn of malfeasance and influences to popular pop culture that we admire today. From the famous…

Introduction: in the 1980`s music had influenced the culture, society and economics of Australia, the improved accessibility of music during the decade encouraged people to become more engaged and passionate about music. Music became a part of culture due to heavy influences of music throughout the wider world. The 1980`s or familiarly recognized as the 80`s was a decade in post war times. During World War 2 when America and Australia became strategic alliances, American culture was influencing…