The Cultural Landscape - 4.1 -4.4 Culture and Social Media

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define: found in large heterogeneous societies that share certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics

popular culture

define: traditionally practiced in small homogeneous groups living in isolated rural areas

folk culture

each cultural element has a unique (3)

• origin

• diffusion

• distribution

define: repetitive act that a particular individual performs

habit

define: a repetitive act of a group that define their characteristics

customs

what are the two emphasized elements of culture

• daily necessities

• leisure activities

define: all people must consume food, wear clothing, find shelter (all in distinct ways)

daily necesities

define: own definition of meaningful art and recreation

leisure activities

a group distinctive culture derives from experiencing what

local social and physical conditions in an isolated place

how does popular culture diffuse rapidly

global connections

what are examples of global connections that help the diffusion of popular culture

• communication systems

• transportation networks

  • modern technology

folk culture:

popular culture:

culture that most likely varies place to place at a given time

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culture that varies time to time at a given place

popular culture

the dominance of what kind of culture threatens the quality of an environment

popular culture

true or false: culture and environment are interrelated

true

each culture takes particular elements from environment and incorporates into their

culture

when cultures take particular elements from their environments, what do they construct

landscapes that modify nature (built environments)

characteristics of folk culture (4)

• anonymous hearth

• unknown dates

• multiple origins

• originating independently in isolated locations

characteristics of popular culture (2)

• traceable origins

• product of developed countries

popular elements such as music, food, and clothing are a combination of

• advances in industrial tech

• increased leisure time

what does industrial tech. permit

uniform reproduction of objects in large quantities

when the advancement of industrial tech. produce objects, what does it increase

enjoyed leisure time

what does enjoyed leisure time result in

widespread change in labor force (agriculture to service and manufacturing jobs)

folk culture moves from

one location to another relatively slowly on a small scale

what is the main cause for the diffusion of folk culture

relocation diffusion

what is the main cause for the diffusion of popular culture

hierarchical diffusion

popular culture moves rapidly and extensively from

hearths and nodes of innovations with help of modern communications

when popular culture is distributed widely there is a disregard for what

physical factors

what influences popular cultures disregard for physical barriers

access to internet

folk culture is made of a combination of 

• local physical

• cultural factors

true or false: distinctive views emerge among neighboring cultural groups

true

define: northern regions, paint idealized divine figures, monks, saints — some bizarre/terrifying to represents inhospitable environments

buddhists

define: southern region, create scenes of everyday life. deities in domestic scenes and frequentlyy represent extreme climate

hindus

define: western region, folk are to depict beautiful plants and flowers, unlike buddhists and hindus, don't depict harsh environment

muslims

define: Myanmar and southeast Asia, migrated to eastern region of study areas, paint symbols and designs that derive from religion

folk religionists