Scouting in popular culture

Popular Culture Final Assignment A. Questions and Answers 1. What is meant by high culture, low culture, and folk culture? Explain and give some example! Answer: According to Rob Kroes (1996) in the book entitled If You’ve Seen One, You’ve Seen the Mall, Europeans has the metaphors that the use to visualize America and one of those metaphors ‘represents it as a country of leveling, erosion, and shallowness’. Kroes also mentions how ‘Europeans tend to pride themselves on a firm sense of…

Trussell, he argues on how the importance of popular culture is overlooked by scholars who claim it does not meet academic requirements. Trussell explains the effects of popular culture and how they change culture itself. Although it is commonly under heavy criticism from scholars who view it as trivial, he believes that popular culture should be studied in the way past culture is studied today. Despite people 's opinions on it, I agree with Trussell, popular culture has importance and it should…

subculture has been absorbed into mainstream culture? I thought about this question when considering if the fact that hip hop’s popularity might have affected this subset of the subculture. I also thought this question was very important for the continuation as well as the preservation of the b-boy subculture. That’s why I found fieldwork to be so imperative to my study of such a hidden subculture. I felt that I needed to know how does one get into this culture? where does one go to participate?…

however the love for the culture may not exist. There is a difference between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation which is not often see through the media or modelled by celebrities that are not of colour. I will argue that cultural appropriation substantiates white privilege because of the freedom Caucasians have to set trends by expressing elements of marginalized cultures, while continually disrespecting people of color. This is exhibited through modern pop culture and the…

establish the American popular culture. Though many owned radio and read newspapers, nearly 90 percent of Americans owned at least one television in the 1950s. With the loyalty of a tuned in audience, provided the ability for marketers to dictate or educate them on the values of the society they lived in. In this essay, I will examine television programs, journal articles, historical documents and scholarly books. I will explore the part television played in shaping popular culture in the United…

areas become somewhat of a trend. This article is appealing to readers with the basic social knowledge of trends, styles, and history of tattoos, and will cover these areas: why are serial killers so fascinating and intriguing to us in our modern culture, and why do people…

music and one’s opinion of the people listening to or writing certain types of music. Rap music is primarily believed to be enjoyed by the African American culture. It is also understood the use of swear words and profanity are commonly used in rap music lyrics. Without a clear understanding of the African American culture, those outside of the culture could possibly misunderstand…

about one, local culture when doing marketing. With a global company, managers must consider multiple cultures, languages, and value systems. With different cultures come different laws, including tax codes and accounting practices. Managers must now deal with all of these. They must also master the various, ever-changing technologies that enable them to manage people and production worldwide. In short, managers in the global age must deal with a much wider range of people and cultures, and…

teenagers engaging in a new culture that deviated from the present one, where the popularisation of Rock ‘n’ Roll and Elvis Presley as well as adopting new social behaviours were deemed to be rebellious by adults. Nonetheless, it is important to consider that it was not solely rebellion that shaped the American teenager as they also displayed conformity by…

scientific study of society, and human behavior. it examines the patterns of social relationships, social interaction, culture, and how these factors elicit responses. Pop culture is a culture found in an extensive society of individuals. Popular culture is the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture. They share many of the same tendencies despite the differences in characteristics. Also, use of combined technology…