Black American Popular Culture

In our over mediated world we are constantly surrounded by pop culture, it is unescapable. what we view as popular culture effects the values we place on those things and we believe we can make judgments based on what types of pop culture certain people love and identify with. Because pop culture holds so much power over our frames of reference, view of the world, and view of people it is extremely important that we understand just what pop culture is and the power it holds over us. Once we understand the power pop culture has we can begin to think about it critically and critique it. In this essay I will explain the origins of populate culture as described by Mather Arnold and FR Leavis, analyze a few definitions of popular culture as defined

values, as well as, influences the actions of society. Social media, as well as the natural

Popular culture is sort of a social rulebook on what is cool and what is uncool. Or what is good or bad. The author writes that one of the main ways we experience pop culture is through "mediated pop culture" or what comes through the media. The media is always shaping

a real life, current-day issue is that black lives matter. Black lives matter about the lives of black people in America are being seriously threatened by the suppression of the white police. They may be beaten or killed if they oppose the police even though they had no weapons in hand. That is why more and more protests broke out across the country to protest the actions of white police against blacks. They want to be treated equally as other citizens in the United States, where many races in the world. it is not mentioned in popular culture because the concept of a white parts they do not respect the blacks. When it comes to black people often think of the bad things that black people have done to America as drug trafficking, looting, rape,

Popular culture is consumed through interaction in the social media that includes television programs, movie theaters and virtual social networks. From the media, interests lie in the political developments and discussion concerning governance. These media satisfy appetite for political information while guiding an understanding on the national issues and choices made.

Popular culture is a fusion of interest and activities that groups of people share. merely, anything that has to do with entertainment is popular culture, such as Movies, TV shows, actors, singers, toys, games, sports, clothes and the list continues. In many ways, popular culture touches every aspect of our lives. It plays such a major role in how our society views the world and how we perceive everyday things. Pop culture has a way of effect our lives no matter what we do to thwart its’ influence.

The history of rap music started in Africa with rhythmic beats using drums. From Africa to the Caribbean islands it came to America and started its influential change on American Music. The first rap song to take flight and make its mark on the up and coming rap culture was the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979. In 1986 rap music finally reached the top of the music charts and was show on MTV for the first time featuring Run-DMC. Continuing to change in the 90's in the east coast came the more harsh and raw of the rap music scene like Wu-Tang Clan and Notorious Big. As for rap music on the East coast rap music was mellower. When these rappers first started rapping the music videos were

America's culture has overwhelmingly changed – movies, art, and politics – therefore sparking a debate on whether these changes are positive, and do these changes influence our lives? With this growing debate, some great works have adapted and allow the audience to make a conscious decision in his or her everyday life. Ever since Batman was released in 1966, the producer, William Dozier, constructed the series in a way that "made an immense impact on American popular culture in a relatively short time"(Gould 271) through his innovative portrayal of "pop art utopia" (268). This impact has led to social and political change throughout American society, therefore causing many Americans to see the injustices that they face in everyday life. In

For this week’s reading, it addresses popular culture through the critical approach. Unlike the functionalist approach, the critical approval focuses on the darker factors of popular culture. For this particular article, it will examine the effects of mass media on popular culture and how it shapes the way the audience perceives particular situations. In the David Grazian’s Mix It Up Chapter 3, “Welcome to the Machine: A Critical Approach to Popular Culture” will examine popular culture from the critical approach. It will address the foundation of the critical approach (49). It introduces Karl Marx’s idea about the ruling class and how they are basically the ruling material force of society (49). This reveals that the ideas of the ruling class are just the same as the ruling ideas that are created.

As our society continues to evolve, there one term that we struggle to define as a society. That term is culture, which is the very fabric of our civilization. However, F.R. Leavis’ ‘Mass Civilization and Minority Culture’ is literary expression of what culture is. Leavis defines culture as ''a kind of paper currency based upon a very small proportion of gold''. According to Leavis, the argument on the subject of culture contends that minority values those who are capable of endorsing first hand judgement by possible responses. He specifies the rapid change of culture in America that threatens the future. He specifies the impact of Americanization on films that has led to decline of films and literature which in turn lowers the culture. The

Popular culture in the United Staes Of America is seen and Influenced by Africans, Native Americans, Polynesians, Asians, and many more more. The most popular culture is entertainment that we see on television, movies, video games, news, sports, and etc. Popular culture uses a unique way of influencing today’s society. Popular culture I also think influence certain trends that go on each year for the old generation and new generation. For example chokers, ripped jeans, and many more other trends.

Mass culture can be defined as the collective culture created by exposure to the same news sources, music, literature, art and consumer advertising. The rise of mass culture is a relatively new phenomenon that has occurred largely because of the rise of a leisure class fueled by technological innovations, the surplus in production brought about by the industrial revolution and the time the average consumer had to dedicate to non-work pursuits brought about by the delineated work schedule favored by mass production and labor laws which defined the limits of the production schedule, and created a new space for workers and their families. Prior to the advent of mass culture, “high culture” was defined by the elite class made up of landed and hereditary wealth which defined the proper forms of cultural expression and used control of the access to this culture to define in-group identification and signal cultural cues which were to be picked up and mimicked by the lower classes. The monopoly on cultural expression changed with the advent of the mass production of goods which were made affordable by the sheer scale of their manufacture and the necessity to create awareness of this production surplus by means of communication on a scale heretofore unseen in human history. The rise of mass culture was also made possible by the urbanization of societies as nations transitioned from

Through years of going to English classes in city colleges in the United States I become familiar more with characters and concepts that I haven’t heard them before. My English learning experience was engaged with American pop culture, simply because that is the most dominant topic that came from instructors. It is remarkable that pop culture icons are important in contemporary society and most of teachers trying to use them in curriculum for educational direction. It help to understand the culture in the country but at the same time it was confusing for an international student and a English learner since the language shortage mixed with concepts and general knowledge shortage and made it more confusing for me. This case is not only limited for me, due to limited intensity of English skills and lack of mutual cultural activities, international and ESL students’ engagement in class might often be not equal as native speakers.

In the text, “Popular Culture” by David Pattie talks about the programs in television, affairs going on around the world and the intersection between popular

Studying popular culture reveals the culture of society at the time. Further, popular culture reveals the underlying belief, power structures, and philosophical and moral frame of the society that produces those cultural products. Studying popular culture gives us an accessible vehicle through which to explore philosophical and moral questions, as well as the functioning of society on a smaller scale (fan based, consumption), through which we can make larger assumptions. Studies of popular culture may be broad based or very specific, depending on who is conducting the studies. Popular culture includes cultural artifacts, such as books, films, music genre, as well as how the culture is being marketed and the market that is being targeted.