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time and to go in depth about what it meant to Americans during the 1960s. During the 1960s, the time Pop Art was emerging in America, a war-consumed society was transitioning into a mass cultural embrace of media and art. Pop Art was the art of popular culture. It was the visual art movement that characterized a sense of optimism during the post war consumer boom of the 1960's. It coincided with the globalization of pop music and youth culture. Pop Art was young and fun and hostile to the…

The music video of LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” is rich with cultural artefacts and statements. Despite their partying and free-of-care spirit, the landscape, depiction of gender, ethnicity and briefly religion could only be seen to be deliberate and well planned out. The music video is an intertextual reference to the genre of post-apocalyptic movies and dramas. The video plays with the concept of people being effected by a massive plague, which takes away your human nature upon infection.…

technology. Thus, they have incorporated these cultural aspects in their media, thus promoting the culture among the people. Music and other forms entertainment aired on popular media and conveying a cultural message is spread across East Asia, thus promoting this…

of the loner/outsider culture. She was also a part of an artsy culture. Melinda had a big passion for art, which was here most favorite thing to do. Even though Melinda had always kept to herself, she some times had a spark of the popular culture. She used to be popular, until what happened to her, which made her shut down. During her freshman year of high school, Melinda was much of a outsider more than anything. She wasn’t very liked because of what she did as a result of Andy…

University. He conducted a study on culture and stigma: Popular Culture and the Case of Comic Books. This study argues that an improved conception of stigma can enhance the analysis of popular culture. Beginning with the work on the stigma by Erving Goffman and other researchers, the editorial argues that the stigma occasionally is involved in the production of popular culture and is separate from the low status related to the precise forms of popular culture. Lopes writes, “One of the greatest…

a “beatnik” hipster instead of the known “millennial” hipster. The beatniks were the type of people who say “skiddly-doo-doo-wop” and snap their fingers instead of clap. All starting with Harry Gibson and the jazz era making this trend of culture popular. Privileged white male musicians started slowly…

colors and much more unique styles became popular. Women in the 1980s were influenced by pop stars such as Madonna and Cindy lau per. These two pop stars were known for wearing their hair high an wide. To get this hair style women would get perms and tease it back to get that big look. The higher in the back of the head the more confident and stylish women became. One of the most popular hairstyles during this time was the side ponytail. It was popular to wear a ponytail to the…

The Counterculture “The postmodern shift involves an intergenerational change in a wide variety of basic social norms from cultural norms linked with ensuring survival of the species to norms linked with the pursuit of individual well-being.” (Inglehart. 2). In everyone, a personal shadow forms. Within that shadow a person buries the qualities that don’t fit their self-image. Morals are instilled from people in the environment, and a person then learns what is proper behavior according to…

The popular science article “You May Be Able to Train Your Brain to Be Fearless” published by The Huffington Post discusses the study “Limbic Activity Modulation Guided by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Inspired Electroencephalography Improves Implicit Emotion Regulation” conducted by Dr. Talma Hendler. I find that the pop science article doesn’t portray the information correctly. It fails to include terminology and key results; specifically, the downsides of the study. The article’s sole…

devices. These stances on modern technology constitute controversies of its effect on human intellect. In Everything Bad is Good for You, Steven Johnson discusses how popular culture has a positive effect on society by making people smarter. Johnson theorizes that, along with former pastimes such as reading, modern technology and popular media, specifically games, television, the internet and film, can increase cognitive activity and overall intelligence due to what he calls the “Sleeper Curve.”…