PH POP CULTURE

Framing the Popular

Refers to the process of shaping and influencing public opinion, perception and understanding culture issues and events.

Spoilt heiress

It is portrayed in a film through a series of clinches including hero's from grace, and the belove's rough treatment.

Culture Industry

What is the Culture Industry according to Adorno and Horkheimer?

Totalitarianism

A political system in which the state has complete control over all aspects of society including economy, culture, and individual politics.

Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer

The authors of Dialectic of Enlightenment are?

Pessimism

Is a philosophical outlook that tends to expect the worst or most unfavorable outcomes in life.

Popular Culture

Refers to the cultural expressions, practices, and products that are widely accepted, enjoyed and shared by the general public.

Keats

"Beauty is truth, truth is beauty, that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know" is a famous line of?

Ruling class

Refers to the social group that holds power, wealth and influence in society.

Class

A social group sharing similar economic, social and cultural characteristics often determined by social factors like income, occupation, education and wealth.

Mass Deception

It indicates the international manipulation of information to deceive or mislead a large number of people, often to achieve a specific goal or maintain power.

The Dialectic of Enlightenment

The idea that the Enlightenment's emphasis on reason, progress, and individualism led to the domination of nature.

Stuart Hall

He suggests a more nuanced view of ideology as a mental framework shaping how social groups understand society.

Ideology

A set of values, beliefs, and principles that shape an individual's understanding of the world.

Co-culture

A smaller group within a dominant culture maintaining its own distinct identity, values, and practices while coexisting with the dominant culture.

Counter culture

A cultural movement that rejects and challenges the dominant values, norms, and practices of mainstream society, often promoting alternative lifestyles and ideologies.

Sub-culture

A smaller cultural group within a larger culture sharing distinct values, norms, and practices that differentiate them from the mainstream.

Commodities

Refers to goods and services produced for exchange and profit.

Culture Industry

Denote to commercial production and distribution of cultural products such as movies, t.v. shows and books on mass site.

Propaganda

It is the spreading biased or false information to shape public opinion.

Totalitarianism

These are the characteristics of Cultural Imperialism except.

Critical Theory

Is a broad and interdisciplinary approach to understanding and analyzing power relationships and social structures.

Commodities and products

Refers to how cultural products such as art and literature are transformed into commodities that can be bought and sold.

Hegemony

It requires continuous renewal; defense can be challenged and modified.

Capitalism

A necessarily destructive force to be resisted and destroyed.

Industrial societies power

Is deeply ingrained in men's mind, with entertainment manufacturers aiming to maintain alertness.

Culture is a means of social control

What is the main argument of 'The Culture Industry'?

Commercial Production of Culture

What is the 'Culture Industry' according to Adorno and Horkheimer?

Reinforces capitalism

How do Adorno and Horkheimer view the role of technology in the culture industry?

Maintaining social control and domination

What is the main critique of the culture industry by Adorno and Horkheimer?

Hippie movement

Which of the following is an example of a counter-culture?

Hip-hop culture

Which of the following is an example of sub-culture?

Counter culture rejects mainstream values

What is the main difference between a counter culture and a sub-culture?

Exists alongside dominant culture

What is the relationship between a sub-culture and the dominant culture?

Native American reservation

Which is an example of co-culture?

Totalitarianism leads to pessimism

What is the relationship between pessimism and totalitarianism?

Hopeless outlook

What is pessimism?

Dissent suppression

What is a consequence of totalitarianism?

Total control

What is totalitarianism?

Difference between co-culture and sub-culture

Co-culture and sub-culture are both cultural groups existing within a larger dominant culture, but they differ in their relationship to the dominant culture and their level of integration.

Co-culture

A co-culture maintains a distinct identity and practices while actively participating and interacting within the larger society.

Sub-culture

A sub-culture often exists more separately from the dominant culture, sometimes even in opposition to it.

Integration and interaction with dominant culture

The key difference lies in the degree of integration and interaction with the dominant culture.