Popular Culture

Rap

________ is free to all those willing to assume the heavy burden of mastering its craft.

celebrity gossip

Morning ________ is the evening talk show host's monologue.

RapRap

________ is a public art, and rappers are perhaps our greatest public poets, extending a tradition of liquorism that spans continent and stretches back thousands of years.

Popular culture

________ is the term that once characterized mass- produced or slow- growing cultures.

counterculture

any distinct subpopulation that rejects or opposes aspects of the mainstream culture.

culture

the way of life of a people, specifically the ideas and things that people create and share with each other.

high culture

the culture of elites, which is typically sophisticated,expensive, and exlcusive.

instrumental behavior

task oriented behavior that is typically more rational than soulful

popular culture

activities associated with leisure time in an industrial economy, As opposed to high culture, pop culture is inclusive of the masses.

socialization

the internalization of the way of life of a society such that our personalities reflect what society expects of us.

subculture

within a soicety there are thousands of distinct subpopulations that have their own unique cultural identites.

taste culture

particular subcultures have interests in certain food, dance, and music.

values

notions of good and bad, right, and wrong.

access

to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something

advertisements

messages used to persuade consumers to buy goods or services

audience

the person or persons to whom the writing is addressed

censorship

restricting access to ideas and information

codes

Symbols, commonly agreed upon, used to express the thoughts, feelings, and meanings between people of a community

commodity

articles of commerce

consumer culture

a culture in which personal worth and identity reside not in the people themselves but in the products with which they surround themselves

consumption

the utilisation of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

convergence

the occurrence of two or more things coming together

counter culture

group that rejects the values, norms, and practices of the larger society and replaces them with a new set of culture patterns